Overview
- Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled on March 4 that extraditing Dmytruk would violate Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights protecting private and family life.
- The judge cited Dmytruk’s allegation that Ukraine’s Security Service tortured him in 2022 when weighing the proportionality of removal.
- Ukrainian authorities have charged him over separate alleged assaults on a serviceman and a law enforcement officer, and investigators say he illegally crossed into Moldova in August 2024.
- The Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed the London court’s decision on March 5 and said it is reviewing the ruling and considering an appeal.
- Dmytruk’s legal team links his case to alleged persecution over his support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and he was elected with Servant of the People in 2019 before his 2021 expulsion.