“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. Source: Lazutkin in a commentary for Radio Liberty Direct speech: “We cannot say that this phenomenon is massive, but this phenomenon is definitely shameful, which contradicts the basic principles of building the modern Ukrainian army.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
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.
Source: Lazutkin in a comment to “Radio Liberty”
Direct speech: “We cannot say that this phenomenon is massive, but this phenomenon is unequivocally shameful, which contradicts the basic principles of building the modern Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian army is more than a million servicemen. There are different cases. We did not have information about these cases.”
Details: Defense Minister Rustem Umyerov, after the investigation by “Ukrainian Pravda” regarding the extortion of money and abuse of soldiers in the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that on his order, the main inspection of the Ministry of Defense will investigate these facts.
We will remind: The leadership of the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces mocked the soldiers – they demanded money from them, beat them, and threatened to throw them “for meat”. One of the soldiers said that he was tied to a wooden cross and physically abused.
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Prehistory:
- For several years now, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has been announcing the creation of a military ombudsman institute in Ukraine so that soldiers can call and complain about abuse, torture and unfair treatment.
- On November 19, 2024, Zelensky announced that he had instructed the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the military command to select and appoint a military ombudsman in the near future.
- On November 1, 2024, the president awarded the commander of the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade with the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree – “for personal courage shown in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless performance of military duty.”
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally presented Poberezhnyuk with a battle flag during the solemn events on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.