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In Odesa, nine members of district conscription commission alert groups were convicted for the violent detention of men: victims were beaten, exposed to gas, and intimidated.
In Odesa, nine members of district conscription commission and recruitment center alert groups were convicted in cases of abduction of men, unlawful deprivation of liberty, and torture. According to the prosecutor’s office, verdicts were delivered in September–October 2026: six received prison terms, and the harshest punishment is seven years and one month.
As stated in the Office of the Prosecutor General’s report, among those convicted are servicemen and civilians involved in mobilization activities in the Odesa region.
Prosecutors of the Odesa Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Defense of the Southern Region proved that in April–May 2026 members of the groups illegally detained men on the city’s streets. Victims were forcibly placed into vehicles and taken to the conscription commissions and recruitment centers.
During the detentions, men were beaten, exposed to tear gas, threatened, and humiliated. According to the prosecutor’s office, victims were also forced to provide personal data and to give information about other persons of conscription age.
In one episode a man was threatened with sexual violence. In another, a victim lost consciousness after tear gas was used. Separately, it was established that during the forced transportation of a man one of the convicted took 5 200 hryvnias from his wallet.
All nine pleaded guilty and reached plea agreements with prosecutors. The court approved these agreements, imposing sentences depending on each participant’s role and the circumstances established in the crimes.
According to the prosecutor’s data, six of the convicted received actual prison terms. The harshest punishment is seven years and one month of imprisonment. Two others were given two years of service restrictions with 10% of their monetary allowance deducted to state revenue. One was sentenced to five years in prison but released from serving the sentence with a two-year probation period.
Four of the convicted were also banned for three years from holding positions in district conscription commissions and recruitment centers and from participating in mobilization events.
The report lists the legal qualification of the crimes under part 1 of art. 28, part 2 of art. 146 and part 3 of art. 127 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. One participant was additionally convicted of robbery committed under martial law — under part 4 of art. 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Proceedings against two other defendants are ongoing.
Earlier, StopCor reported that ten servicemen of one of Odesa’s district conscription commissions were notified of suspicion in the case of unlawful deprivation of liberty and torture of citizens. In August law enforcement reported at least eight victims, use of gas, beatings, and forcible delivery of men to the recruitment center.
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