“The employees of the State Criminal Investigation Department have started an investigation into the criminal proceedings regarding the discovery of possible facts of the use of non-statutory measures of influence and violence against subordinates by the officials of the 211 pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: State Bureau of Investigation, National Police, Office of the Prosecutor General
Details: On December 16, the Ternopil Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in the field of defense opened criminal proceedings regarding non-statutory influence measures.
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The investigation will examine the materials collected during official inspections of the brigade by the main inspection of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, messages in the media and social networks regarding abuse of soldiers, etc., the Bureau notes.
Literally DBR: “Let’s note that the SBI did not receive any materials regarding this situation either from officials or from the fighters of the brigade.
Incidentally, the State Bureau of Investigation calls on military personnel to immediately contact the Bureau with official complaints in case of similar cases in their military formations. This will allow not only to promptly respond to violations, but also to avoid similar cases in the future.”
Details: In addition, it is reported that the National Police is also investigating the leadership of the brigade for involving subordinates in the construction of their house in Khmelnytskyi instead of their service in the combat zone.
On December 17, the commander of the military unit, Oleg Poberezhniuk, was informed of the suspicion of abuse of office with grave consequences.
It was established that in the fall of 2023, he involved four subordinates in the construction of his house in the Khmelnytsky region, instead of their service in combat zones. The soldiers were officially included in the order of business trip to the Mykolaiv Oblast, where they allegedly performed their duties, but in reality they were not there. At the same time, they received a salary and combat payments in the total amount of almost one million hryvnias.
The law enforcement officers conducted authorized searches in the military unit, at the place of residence of the commander, military personnel and at the construction site. Documentation and other material evidence of illegal activity were seized, the OGP notes.
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Prehistory:
- “Ukrainian Pravda” published an investigation into the extortion of money and abuse of servicemen in the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky ordered an inspection and suspended the commander of the military unit Oleg Poberezhniuk for the duration of the inspection.
- The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Dmytro Lazutkin, stated that the Ministry of Defense had not received any reports of abuse from soldiers of the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- He noted that this phenomenon is unequivocally shameful and contradicts the basic principles of building the modern Ukrainian army, but it is not massive.