In the Ternopil region, a platoon commander was exposed who, instead of the front, sent a subordinate to repair his daughter’s house. For this, he unlawfully awarded combat pay to the serviceman..

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation and the Security Service of Ukraine, with the procedural guidance of the prosecutor's office, identified the fact of the crime. The State Bureau of Investigation reported on its official website: the person involved has been notified of suspicion of abuse of official position (h. 2 tbsp. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of six years..

It was established that in April 2023, the platoon commander suggested that the soldier not go to the front line, but to repair his daughter’s house in the Ternopil region. For this, he promised to accrue all combat surcharges.

The subordinate agreed. Until December 2023, he was not in the service, but worked in private construction. For this he received more than 1 million hryvnia in monetary allowance and “combat”.

By the way, the soldier also received suspicion of evading service (h. 4 tbsp. 409 CC). Now he could spend up to 10 years behind bars.

The issue of choosing preventive measures for the suspect is being resolved. The investigation continues, the full circle of persons involved in illegal activities is being established..

– Previously, two large-scale cases of abuse of official position were exposed in Ukraine. The commander of a military unit in the Cherkasy region allowed the illegal accrual of almost 6 million hryvnia in additional payments, and the former brigade commander of the defense organized illegal payments to his wife. The total amount of damage to the state is more than 6.9 million hryvnia.

– In the Mykolaiv region they also identified a case of groundless assignment of “combat” to military personnel who did not participate in hostilities. The crime led to losses of more than 4.3 million hryvnia.