The Khmelnitsky City District Court made the first decisions on the mobilization of convicts. On May 21, the court considered the presentation of men aged 24 and 43, residents of the Khmelnytsky region, convicted of theft.
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Each of them expressed a desire to defend their homeland, fit for military service due to health reasons, and passed professional and psychological selection.
The men will serve in the ranks of the National Guard. Within a year, administrative supervision will be established over them, which will be carried out by the commanders of the military unit.
Among the restrictions is a ban on being outside the location of a military unit and traveling on personal business without the permission of the commander. The men will leave for their duty station in a week.
The court is already considering 50 relevant submissions.
Earlier it became known that more than three thousand convicts had already asked to go to the front. Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Elena Vysotskaya announced this during the telethon.
Vysotskaya noted that the potential of 20 thousand prisoners who can be mobilized is “very theoretical”: those who do not want to, some are convicted under articles that make mobilization impossible, some will not pass the VLK. So we can realistically talk about four to five thousand.
Those who expressed a desire have drawn up appropriate statements, and are now undergoing military medical commissions and getting acquainted with the commanders. Accordingly, the commanders of military units give their consent regarding a specific person, and we submit the materials to the court,” the deputy minister added.
Background
Only prisoners convicted of minor crimes can be released from prison.
Conditional early release from serving a sentence will not apply to persons who have been convicted of committing crimes against the fundamentals of the national security of Ukraine, convicted of committing the premeditated murder of two or more persons, or associated with rape or sexual violence, as well as convicted under articles of sexual violence .
Commanders of military units will be assigned responsibilities for administrative supervision of persons released early from punishment, and such persons will be registered separately in the military unit.
The period of military service of such persons is until the expiration of the special period.
Such military personnel can only be released from the army:
- for health reasons – on the basis of the conclusion of a military medical commission about unfitness for military service with exclusion from military registration or about unfitness for military service with a review after 6-12 months;
- in connection with the entry into force of a court conviction, which has been sentenced to imprisonment or restriction of freedom;
- in connection with the end of a special period or the announcement of a decision on demobilization.
Those dismissed early will not be entitled to basic annual leave, including leave for family reasons and other valid reasons. In case of injury, leave for treatment with preservation of monetary and material support will be provided exclusively at the location of the military personnel in healthcare institutions.
It is also stipulated that they will perform military service exclusively in specialized units of military units.
If such conditionally released persons evade military service, they may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.
Source: Racurs
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