Syrskyi instructs to check information about possible abuses by officials of 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of Support Forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has instructed to check information about possible abuses by officials of the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This is stated in a message of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

"On December 16, 2024, a material was published in the media that highlights the facts of possible abuses by officials of the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a commission of the Military Law and Order Service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine was sent to the military unit to check the specified information," the message says.

For the time of the check, the commander of the military unit was suspended from performing official duties by position.

The General Staff promises to inform about the progress and results of the inspection.

It is also noted that an official inspection was already conducted on some of the indicated facts in September of this year, based on its results, materials were collected and transferred to the competent authorities, where the relevant criminal proceedings were initiated.

In turn, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported on the Telegram channel that, having seen a publication in the media about the alleged facts of abuse of servicemen in one of the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he immediately sent letters to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Military Law and Order Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to verify the information and conduct an official investigation with a view to further response.

Lubinets also emphasized that he is taking the situation under personal control and will report on the results of the inspection of this fact.

The Ukrainska Pravda online publication published an article on December 16, in which it spoke about nepotism and bullying of soldiers in the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in November the Ministry of Defense announced that it was investigating the causes of the abnormal activation of 120-millimeter mines.