A court in the DPR sentenced the Azov serviceman to 21 years in prison.

The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) sentenced Yaroslav Kotlyar, a soldier of the 2nd battalion of the Azov special forces detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), to 21 years for the attempted murder of a civilian in Mariupol. This was announced on June 25 by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

"He was found guilty under Part 3 of Article 30 ("Preparation for a crime and attempted crime." 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Attempted murder committed by an organized group motivated by political and ideological hatred"), Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Ill—treatment of civilians in the occupied territory"), she wrote. The press service of the department is on the website.

It is specified that he was sentenced to 21 years in prison to serve his sentence in a high-security penal colony. According to the court's ruling, from March to April 2022, Kotlyar was on the line of contact in the courtyard of an apartment building on Engels Street in Mariupol, where he fired a machine gun at a civilian walking down the street. The victim managed to escape.

On February 17, it was reported that three militants of the Azov battalion were sentenced for crimes against civilians in the DPR. From March 17 to March 25, 2022, in Mariupol, militants fired at the settlement of Stary Krym, where civilians were staying.