“The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv extended the military serviceman’s detention until January 15”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
It is noted that the prosecution demanded detention, while the defense asked the court to choose a pretrial detention not related to imprisonment.
Hnezdilov himself repeated the thesis that he will be ready to return to service as soon as clear terms of service are established.
On October 11, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure against Serhiy Hnezdilov. Before that, Hnezdilov was detained by law enforcement officers, and his actions were classified as desertion.
On September 21, Serhiy Hniezdilov, who joined the ranks of the Armed Forces in 2019, voluntarily left the military unit and announced this publicly in order, according to him, to draw attention to the need for rotations for the infantry, as well as to the lack of clear terms for service.
The 56th Military Police Brigade reacted to Gnezdilov’s actions, ordered an official investigation there and declared that the soldier “committed actions that contain signs of a criminal offense.”
Opinions in society about the SZCH of Hnezdilov were divided: some criticized the voluntary dismissal from the unit, while others, on the contrary, supported it.
Hnezdilov also wrote on his Facebook about at least 80,000 cases of SZH. RFE/RL has sent a request to the Ministry of Defense for this information, but has not yet received a response.
Hnezdilov pointed out that “SZCH is a criminal offense”, however, he called for solving problems, and not being silent about them.
On September 24, the prosecutor’s office announced the opening of criminal proceedings against Hnezdilov.