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Fomenko Andrii Oleksiiovych

Date of birth: August 24, 1998 (28 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.4 ч. 2 ; 205.3
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  срок неизвестен
Date of sentencing:  June 30, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Andrii Fomenko — a Ukrainian citizen and serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was captured in Donetsk Oblast, presumably, on April 17, 2022.

On April 2, 2026, Andrii Fomenko was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s so-called list of extremists and terrorists.

On April 23, 2026, the case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court.

On June 30, 2026, Judge Pavel Yuryevich Gubarev found Andrii Fomenko guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in the activities of a terrorist community”) and Article 205.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities”) and sentenced him to an unspecified term of imprisonment.

On October 27, 2026, Judge Anatoly Valentinovich Solin of the Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence.