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20 thousand dollars for illegal departure abroad: lawyer revealed — head of the region’s free legal aid department
In the Ternopil region, a lawyer — the head of one of the free legal aid departments — is suspected of organizing the illegal departure of a person liable for military service abroad.
According to the investigation, he valued his “services” at 20 thousand US dollars for the 51-year-old man.
The lawyer recommended several options to the “client” for leaving the country. At first he suggested declaring unfitness for military service with a deferral of 6 months. Later — arranging employment at a critical enterprise of the defense-industrial complex followed by a business trip abroad.
Ultimately they settled on another option — retroactively issuing a Group III disability.
In June 2026 the lawyer received a deposit of 3 thousand US dollars and, according to the investigation, began preparing medical documents about the alleged inpatient treatment of the person liable for military service at one of the private medical centers.
At the beginning of September he sent the “client” a photo of the discharge from the medical record via WhatsApp, dated August 2021.
During a personal meeting the lawyer assured that on the basis of this document the person liable for military service would be granted Group III disability, which would allow him to leave Ukraine.
Under the procedural guidance of the Ternopil Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the man has been notified of suspicion of organizing the illegal transfer of a person across the state border of Ukraine under Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A preventive measure of detention with the right to post bail has been imposed on the suspect.
In accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent until their guilt is proven by a guilty verdict of a court.
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