A Russian court sentenced captured Azov fighter Dmitry Remez to 18 years in prison.

In Rostov-on-Don, a military court sentenced Ukrainian prisoner of war and Azov Brigade fighter Dmitry Remez. The 33-year-old defense attorney was sentenced to 18 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

Mediazona reports this, citing the court’s press service.

Remez, originally from Zaporizhzhia, worked in the police until 2017. He subsequently joined the Azov Battalion, which Russian authorities illegally designated a “terrorist organization.”

A Russian court accused the prisoner of “participating in a terrorist organization and training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities.”

On May 15, 2025, Dmitry Remez was also added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists.”

As a reminder, on June 14, a trial of 22 Ukrainian soldiers belonging to the Azov Regiment took place in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Of the 24 fighters who faced so-called “charges,” two were exchanged for Russian prisoners of war, and the other eight were women who worked as cooks in the Azov Regiment.

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