The leadership of one of the battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine organized the payment of " Fraud scheme exposed by the State Bureau of Investigation.

Thus, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the leadership of the battalion has systematically rewarded subordinates located in the combat zone. However, as the investigators found out, at least two military men, receiving monthly payments from 30 to 100 thousand. UAH, all this time continued to be on the territory of the Rivne region. They were the daughter and ex-wife of the deputy commander of the unit, who are now servicemen of this unit.

The day before, investigators conducted a series of searches on the territory of the military unit and at the place of residence of the military, who received additional payments illegally, and seized accounting documentation, personnel documents, bank cards, mobile phones, etc..

Currently, law enforcement officers will check the legality of additional payments to other servicemen of this unit.. Based on the results of the study of the seized documents, a decision will be made on informing certain persons about suspicions..

The State Bureau of Investigation notes that the seme acted for 9 months, and caused damage to the state for at least UAH 1 million.

Preliminary qualification of the offense: negligent attitude to military service, committed under martial law (h. 4 st. 425 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). According to it, suspects can face up to 8 years in prison.. Also, by a court decision, they will reimburse the state for illegally paid funds..

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Recall that 100 thousand hryvnias per month are paid to defenders fighting directly on the front line.. The payment in the amount of 30 thousand is provided for military personnel performing tasks in combat areas, but not directly participating in battles with the enemy, as well as those who are on combat duty and participate in repelling enemy air attacks, regardless of the area where the task is performed.

If the servicemen are outside the combat zone in the rear, then additional combat payments are not accrued to them..