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Ten servicemen of one of the Odessa district Territorial Centers for Recruitment and Social Support have been charged with illegal deprivation of liberty and torture of civilians. According to investigators, over several months they illegally detained people, beat them, used tear gas, and forcibly brought them to the TCRC.
This was reported by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
According to him, law enforcement officers have identified at least eight victims so far.
Investigation has established several episodes of illegal treatment of citizens. In one case, a man whom they were trying to detain was run over by a service vehicle.
In another episode, according to the investigation, servicemen suffocated a man, beat him, put him in handcuffs, and under threats demanded that he provide the password to his mobile phone.
Investigators have also established facts of applying tear gas and forcibly delivering citizens to the Territorial Center for Recruitment.
All ten suspects have been detained. The issue of selecting preventive measures is being resolved.
Separately, Kravchenko said that seven of the ten defendants were mobilized in the spring 2025. After mobilization, they were immediately sent to serve in one of the Odessa TCRCs.
“The state gave them uniforms, powers, and responsibility. According to the investigation, they used these powers to commit illegal violence against people,” said the head of the prosecutor’s office.
At the same time Kravchenko stressed that the necessity of mobilization in wartime cannot justify breaking the law.
“Ukraine is at war. Our servicemen have been on the front lines for years and need reinforcement. Mobilization is necessary for the defense of the state, and evading it, corruption, and illegal schemes to obtain deferrals must receive proper legal assessment. The need for mobilization does not give anyone the right to break the law,” he emphasized.
According to Kravchenko, law enforcement officers must respond equally to violations by citizens who avoid fulfilling military duties and to illegal actions by state actors.
“We do not divide people by form, position, or status: those who evade their duty to the state must be held accountable under the law. And those who use illegal violence on behalf of the state do the same. The law is one for everyone,” said the head of the Odessa regional prosecutor’s office.
Pretrial investigation is ongoing. Law enforcement officers are establishing all circumstances of the events and possible victims.
As a reminder, investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation completed their inquiry into the head of one of the city TCRCs and Social Supports of Volynska oblast. The official, for 7 thousand dollars, organized illegal processing of temporary unsuitability for military service.
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