An officer has been sentenced to five years for triple criminal offences

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The Poltava District Court issued a verdict against the officer of the psychological support and recovery group, who left the location of the units three times. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

Source: The State Bureau of Investigation and the Prosecutor General’s Office on their websites

Details: The officer will remain in custody until the verdict becomes final.

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According to the investigation, for the first time the man left the unit without the permission of the command in December 2024. In February 2025, he took advantage of the legal opportunity to return to the service without criminal liability, but in the fall of the same year he again submitted to the SZCH (voluntarily leaving a part). A similar case was recorded in October 2025.

Given the repetition of offenses under martial law, the court found him guilty of voluntarily leaving a military unit under martial law (Part 5 of Article 407 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to five years in prison.

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