The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have blocked ten new schemes for evading mobilisation and detained the organizers.

For sums ranging from USD 3,000 to 24,000, they offered conscripts the opportunity to evade service through forged documents or helped them flee abroad.

In Vinnytsia, a family of doctors was exposed: they illegally enriched themselves by UAH 9 million by forging disability certificates for draft dodgers.

The scheme was organized by a neurologist at the regional hospital and her son, an orthopedic surgeon.

A contract serviceman was also detained in the region. For money, he attempted to illegally transport a mobilized soldier to unrecognized Transnistria evading border posts.

In Bukovyna, the SSU cyber experts exposed twelve individuals who were leaking the geolocations of Territorial Recruitment Centre and police personnel in messenger chats and calling for people to evade mobilisation.

The investigation established that the perpetrators had created a specialised online community daily publishing the geolocations of military and law enforcement officers. The dissemination of such information and calls for illegal actions led to the disruption of mobilisation in the region.

In Kyiv region, two more organisers were exposed. They set up a channel for illegal smuggling of conscripts to the EU. The perpetrators were detained while receiving a bribe for a transfer from the city of Bila Tserkva to the western border.

In Zhytomyr region, an official of the Ministry of Defence and his accomplice were exposed for using personal connections in the Territorial Recruitment Centre to unjustifiably remove draft dodgers from the wanted list.

In Lviv region, the chief of a diagnostic center department, who heads an expert team assessing the daily functioning of individuals have been detained.

The medical official acted in collusion with a subordinate nurse to solicit and accept bribes for fraudulently assigning men to disability group III.

Also in the region, the head and a member of the military medical commission were exposed for ‘certifying’ illnesses of draft dodgers in order to remove them from military registration.

In Lviv, an individual was detained who offered draft evaders to leave the country under the guise of ‘international flight forwarders’.

Another suspect was exposed in Yavoriv district. He traded in fake certificates of heart disease and promised to assist in obtaining disability status.

In Zakarpattia, a resident of Chop was detained for smuggling conscripts into the EU across the border sections of the Tisa River.

To overcome the water obstacle, he conducted training and provided ‘clients’ with equipment, including life jackets, inflatable boats, oars, and wetsuits.

The detainees have been notified of suspicion under the Articles of the CCU, according to the actions committed:

• 114-1.1 (obstruction of lawful activities of the AFU during a special period);
• 332.2, 332.3 (attempt to illegally transport persons across the state border of Ukraine);
• 368.3 (acceptance of a proposal, promise, or receipt of unlawful benefits by an official);
• 366.1 (official forgery);
• 28.2, 369-2.3 (abuse of influence, by prior conspiracy, by a group).

The suspects face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The operations were carried out under the procedural supervision of Prosecutors’ Offices.