Article of the Criminal Code:
Maksym Veklynets is a citizen of Ukraine and a serviceman of the "Azov" special forces brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was taken prisoner in Donetsk Oblast in 2022.
On March 19, 2026, Veklynets was added to the so-called Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists.
On April 3, 2026, Veklynets's case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. On April 30, 2026, Judge Andrei Nikolayevich Minashkin found Veklynets 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 ("Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activity"), and sentenced him to an unknown term of imprisonment.
On August 12, 2026, Judge Sergei Vyacheslavovich Vinnik of the Appeals Military Court upheld the verdict.
