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| Zaluzhny's comrade was accused of extorting money from Ukrainian fighters for transfer to the rear |
| 2024-06-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine has begun an investigation into the extortion of bribes from front-line soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports the Ukrainian publication Glavkom, citing data from the court registry. According to media reports, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladimir Gamanenko organized a scheme to extort bribes from the military for transferring them from the front to the rear. “He intended to take advantage of friendly connections among military officials to resolve issues of moving willing military personnel actively participating in hostilities to military units that are not involved in active hostilities on the demarcation line,” the publication says. It is reported that Gamanenko was detained along with three accomplices while receiving a bribe in the amount of 230 thousand hryvnia (503 thousand rubles). They were sent to a pre-trial detention center on bail of 4.5 million hryvnia (9.85 million rubles). According to journalists, Gamanenko was appointed to the post of deputy chief of staff of the Ground Forces Command in December 2022 by the then commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that in the Ternopil region the SBU detained a military man and part-time deputy who offered to avoid returning to the front for a bribe. For six thousand dollars, they promised to help the man avoid being sent to the front and organize work at the TCC. The deputy and his accomplice were detained while handing over the money. In January, the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Rustem Umerov, reported large-scale thefts in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over the course of four months, violations amounting to more than ten billion hryvnia were identified in the country. |
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| #1 So, Zaluzhny is still seen as a threat? (doesn't mean accusations are not real) |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-06-18 02:05 |