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Savorovskyi Denys Yuriiovych

Date of birth: June 20, 1991 (35 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: Днепр
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.4 ч. 2 ; 205.3
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  18 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 5, 2026
Current location:  unknown
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Denys Savorovskyi — a Ukrainian citizen and serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, a senior soldier. He was captured in Mariupol, presumably on May 17, 2022.

On October 27, 2025, Denys Savorovskyi was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists.

On December 29, 2025, Savorovskyi’s case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. On February 5, 2026, Judge Igor Petrovich Degtyaryov found Denys Savorovskyi 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 18 years in a maximum-security penal colony. The sentence was not appealed.

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