“Since the beginning of the year, as of July 23, 98 criminal violations were registered due to the arson of 110 cars belonging to the military”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“These are military vehicles, railway infrastructure, and state-owned enterprises. The task of the criminal police is to quickly identify and bring criminals to justice in order to prevent further crimes. In ten months, the police have detained 179 people who committed arson on the order of the Russian special services,” said Nebitov, quoted by the National Police press service.
In October, in response to a request by Radio Liberty sent in July, the police announced a trend toward an increase in cases of setting fire to military vehicles.
According to the National Police, since the beginning of the year, as of July 23, 98 criminal violations were registered for arson of 110 cars belonging to the military, being on the balance sheet of military units, or owned by civilians and used for the needs of the military. The largest number of such criminal offenses were registered in the Odesa region – 27.
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At the beginning of October, the SBU reported about “one of the first prison sentences” for setting fire to a serviceman’s car: a resident of Kirovohrad Region was sentenced to six years of imprisonment.
In June, the National Police reported that the Russian special services, in order to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, encouraged minors to set fire to the cars of the Armed Forces servicemen for money.
Earlier, RFE/RL’s investigative project “Schemy” found that Russian special services are massively using minor Ukrainians to set fire to the cars of the Armed Forces and TCC buildings as part of a disinformation campaign of the Russian Federation, the purpose of which is to show that there is an active underground in Ukraine, which in this way opposes general mobilization.