Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has instructed to check information in the media about extortion and bullying of servicemen in the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Umerov has written this on his page on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"Delaying investigations, family contracts, extortion, bullying of servicemen - this is unacceptable in the 3rd year of the war. Therefore, by my order, the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense will immediately begin work, which will verify the facts set forth in the article of Ukrainska Pravda regarding the situation in the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said.
Umerov added that the Ministry of Defense will also find out why the investigation of these shameful things by the Military Law and Order Service took so long.
"My position as a minister is clear: all those guilty must be punished," he stressed.
Umerov also reported that the Ministry of Defense will soon present a draft law on a military ombudsman, who will protect the rights of servicemen and guarantee transparency in every such situation.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi instructed to check information about possible abuses by officials of the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of the Armed Forces Support Forces, on his instructions a commission of the Military Law and Order Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was sent to the military unit, and for the duration of the check, the commander of the military unit was suspended from performing his official duties.
The General Staff also noted that an official inspection had already been conducted on certain of the above-mentioned facts in September of this year, and based on its results, materials were collected and transferred to the competent authorities, where appropriate criminal proceedings were initiated.
In turn, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets announced on the Telegram channel that he was taking the situation under personal control and would report on the results of the inspection of this fact.
On December 16, 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.
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