Yana Dugar

Yana Dugar, medical sergeant of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Born in 1993. Volunteer, public figure, military medic. Studied at the Poltava Medical Stomatological Academy. Since the beginning of the war, she has been in military service, working as a nurse in the 66th military hospital.

On May 22, 2018, she was transferred to the Airborne Assault Forces, and joined the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade as a junior sergeant. Later, she was awarded the rank of sergeant (senior combat medic). She was presented with the Order of Courage (III degree) and medals. Married.

Suspected of committing criminal offenses under clauses 5,12, part 2 of Article 115, part 3 of Article 28, part 1 of Article 263, part 3 of Article 28, part 2 of Article 194 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Case: Murder on July 20, 2016 in the center of Kyiv as a result of the explosion of the car of the famous journalist Pavel Sheremet.

Lawyers: Denis Lomanov, Vitaliy Kolomiets and Mykola Orekhovsky.

Status: accused

Status: consideration in the Shevchenko Court of Kyiv on the merits

Last court hearing: January 12, 2021.

The latest court decision: the addition of written evidence from the prosecution, the recusal of the victim's representative Mamalyga, and the removal of police officers from the courtroom.

The short story:

On July 12, 2016, Belarusian and Russian journalist Pavel was killed in the center of Kyiv.
Sheremet. He was blown up in his own car. At that time he was working in Ukraine for a publication
"Ukrainian Truth".

December 12, 2019 during a joint briefing with the participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr
Zelensky, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov and Prosecutor General Ruslan
Riaboshapka, it was announced that “the probable organizers and perpetrators” of this
high-profile murder.

The guilty were named as a musician, a sergeant of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war Andriy Antonenko (pseudonym Riffmaster), children's
cardiac surgeon, volunteer Yulia Kuzmenko and military medic Yana Dugar. They were
accused of premeditated murder (Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) and illegal handling of weapons,
ammunition or explosives (Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The main evidence of the investigation is the portrait and psychological examination of the specialists of the KNIISE, which
made using scientifically unfounded and unregistered methods. Because of this
The Ministry of Justice brought the experts to justice, and a former member of the group
prosecutors in this case, Serhiy Zuzak, recognized the examination as “doubtful and insufficient evidence”
to refer the case to court."

Antonenko has been behind bars for almost a year, Kuzmenko is under house arrest with a restraining order.
electronic bracelet, Dugar – on bail.

On August 25, 2020, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv determined that it would begin considering the case
jury trial.

Chronology of persecution:

December 13, 2019 – a preventive measure was chosen in the form of 24-hour house arrest at the place of registration in the village of Gvardiyske, and an obligation to wear an electronic monitoring device was imposed;

December 18, 2019 – court hearing at the Kyiv Court of Appeal (judges Frich, Yurdyga, Slyva) – did not take place due to non-receipt of materials

08.01.2020 – the defense’s appeal was partially satisfied, the place of residence under 24-hour house arrest was changed from the village of Hvardiyske to the city of Kyiv (Kyiv Court of Appeal, judges Frich, Yurdyga, Slyva)

January 17, 2020 – the hearing on the defense’s motion to change the preventive measure was postponed to allow for the questioning of witnesses (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Novak)

01/24/2020 – the defense’s request to change the preventive measure was partially granted. The preventive measure was changed from 24-hour house arrest in Kyiv to house arrest from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. in the village of Hvardiyske (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Novak)

05.02.2020 – the preventive measure in the form of house arrest was extended from 20:00 to 07:00 in the village of Hvardiyske (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Pysanets)

02/14/2020 – the appeals of the defense against the ruling of the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv dated 02/05/2020 were dismissed (judges Yurdyga, Frich, Khlan)

02.04.2020 – the preventive measure in the form of house arrest was extended (staying under house arrest was changed from 22:00 to 06:00 and movement was allowed during this time in the Novomoskovsk district of the Dnipropetrovsk region)

April 21, 2020 – court hearing at the Kyiv Court of Appeal (judges Frich, Yurdyga, Slyva) – did not take place due to non-receipt of materials

04.05.2020 – the appeals of the defense against the ruling of the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv dated 02.04.2020 were dismissed (judges Yurdyga, Frich, Khlan)

05/25/2020 – the prosecution's motion to change the preventive measure was granted. A preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of UAH 168,160 was chosen.

05/25/2020 – the hearing on the defense’s motion to change the preventive measure did not take place due to the prosecutor’s failure to appear (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Novak).

06/01/2020 – court hearing on the appeals of the defense against the ruling of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv dated 05/25/2020 in the Kyiv Court of Appeal (judges Mosenko, Prysyazhniuk, Palenyk) – did not take place due to non-receipt of materials

06/15/2020 – court hearing on the appeals of the defense against the ruling of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv dated 05/25/2020 in the Kyiv Court of Appeal (judges Mosenko, Prysyazhnyuk, Palenyk) – did not take place due to non-receipt of materials

07.07.2020 – court hearing on the appeals of the defense against the ruling of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv dated 05.25.2020 in the Kyiv Court of Appeal (judges Mosenko, Prysyazhniuk, Palenyk) – did not take place due to the absence of the prosecutor

July 13, 2020 – the defense’s appeals were partially upheld, Dugar was removed from electronic monitoring and allowed to travel throughout Ukraine (Kyiv Court of Appeal, judges Mosenko, Prysyazhniuk, Palenyk)

July 16, 2020 – consideration of the prosecution's motion to restrict the defense's time to familiarize themselves with the materials of the pre-trial investigation was postponed due to improper notification of all participants in the case (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Pysanets)

July 16, 2020 – consideration of the prosecution's motion to extend the assigned duties. The duties were not extended in terms of the ban on communication with military personnel with whom Yana serves and teachers who teach at the educational institution where she studies (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Bilotserkovets)

07/17/2020 – the defense was limited in terms of familiarization with the materials of the criminal proceedings until August 14, 2020 (Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Judge Pysanets)

August 25, 2020 – preparatory court hearing in the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv, election of witnesses

September 4, 2020 – continuation of the preparatory court hearing
September 28, 2020 – opening speeches by the defense and prosecutor

October 21, 2020 – motions of the defense and prosecution

November 17, 2020 – consideration of petitions

December 10, 2020 – start of submission of written materials

December 17, 2020 – continued submission of written materials

January 10, 2021 – continued submission of written materials

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