“On January 8, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, detained a senior lieutenant in the Rivne region, who was the commander of one of the companies in the 155th mechanized brigade, voluntarily left the place of duty and incited his subordinates to do so.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
On January 8, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, detained a senior lieutenant in the Rivne region, who was the commander of one of the companies in the 155th mechanized brigade, voluntarily left the place of duty and incited his subordinates to do so.
Source: DBR
Literally: “It was established that at the end of last year, the senior lieutenant did not comply with the order to transfer the company he led to the operational subordination of another unit. Instead, he ordered his soldiers to flee without weapons and voluntarily left the place of duty.”
Details: The man has already been taken to Kyiv, where he was informed of the suspicion of refusing to comply with the order and voluntarily leaving the place of duty.
The senior lieutenant is in custody with the alternative of posting bail, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
Prehistory:
- Journalist Yuriy Butusov reported on the facts of improper formation and provision of the newly created 155th mechanized brigade, and the SBI announced an investigation into the facts of desertion and abuse of authority.
- Later it became known that President Volodymyr Zelenskyi took the situation regarding the 155 OMBr under personal control during the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander.
- The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said that he paid attention to building the capabilities of the unmanned systems unit of the 155th mechanized brigade, as well as “problematic issues that need to be resolved.”
- On January 7, the General Staff reported that the 155th OMBr was fully performing tasks in the Pokrovsky direction.