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In Zakarpattia, a large-scale scheme to illegally remove conscripts from the registry was exposed. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko, the State Bureau of Investigations (DBR), and the National Police of Ukraine reported this on 7 August. The operation to uncover the scheme was conducted under the program "The Flip Side of TRCs and Medical Commissions."
According to the investigation, in the years 2022–2024 the then 46-year-old head of the Mukachevo District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (District TRC and SS) and his 33-year-old subordinate, the former head of the registration and reservation department, organized a scheme to illegally remove conscripts from military registration by entering false information into military registration and medical documents. On the basis of those records, men were declared unfit for military service without legal grounds.
For such a "service," according to the DBR and the National Police, they took from $8 thousand to $20 thousand. Kravchenko reported that the amounts ranged from $5 thousand to $10 thousand.
In total, more than 1,1 thousand people were illegally removed; the prosecutor general's post indicates more than 1,5 thousand people.
"At least 1577 people were unjustifiably removed from military registration in this way. 1142 of them allegedly due to health reasons," Kravchenko said. According to him, the suspects effectively turned the operation into a "routine," and when the threat of exposure arose, they began to destroy evidence. According to the law, the destroyed certificates were required to be kept for 75 years, the release says.
Currently 120 people have already been reinstated on the military register; checks regarding others are ongoing. 17 searches were conducted at current and former employees of the Mukachevo District TRC and SS, members of medical commissions, and other suspects. Two former officials were notified of suspicion under part 2 of article 28, part 1 of article 114–1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a special period, committed by prior conspiracy of a group of persons. The article's sanction provides for up to 8 years of imprisonment.
Prosecutors will insist on unconditional detention.
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