“Harassment in the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade: the main inspection of the Ministry of Defense begins work The main inspection of the Ministry of Defense will check the facts of harassment and extortion in the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade. Minister Umyerov announced the establishment of the Military Ombudsman Institute to protect the rights of servicemen.”, — write on: unn.ua
“Prolonging investigations, family contracts, extortions, abuse of servicemen is unacceptable in the 3rd year of the war. Therefore, by my order, the Main Inspection of the Ministry of Defense will immediately start work, which will check the facts stated in the article of “Ukrainian Pravda” regarding the situation in the 211th pontoon bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Umyerov wrote on Facebook.
He stated that the Ministry of Defense will also find out why the investigation of these shameful things by the Military Law and Order Service took so long.
“Society expects an explanation as to why the situation was not resolved earlier. My position as a minister is clear: all the guilty must be punished. Soon we will also present a draft law on the Military Ombudsman, which will deal with the protection of the rights of servicemen and guarantee transparency in every similar case,” Umyerov said. .
Lubinets reacted to reports of abuse in the 211 pontoon-bridge brigade: “Such a shameful phenomenon should not happen”December 16 2024, 13:04 • 8198 views
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Servicemen of the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the media about the abuse of soldiers, extortion of money and nepotism, which law enforcement officers do not pay attention to.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, said that he sent letters to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Military Law and Order Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to verify information and conduct an official investigation with the aim of further response.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky initiated an inspection of the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces due to reports of abuse of soldiers. During the inspection, the commander of the military unit was suspended.