Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered an investigation into medical exemptions granted since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, after an official investigation found that the number of These reports of their beneficiaries being spared recruitment have increased tenfold in some regions.
According to the Ukrainian president, “bribes” were paid to obtain it Fraudulent disability certificates “ranged from $3,000 to $15,000” depending on the case. “We are talking about at least thousands of people,” Zelensky said of the corruption cases that have already been identified.
The president also announced that the cases of those who used these certificates to leave the country will be investigated separately due to their greater severity.
“It is necessary to verify a substantial number of decisions of military medical commissions on disability and unfitness for military service made after February 24,” Zelensky said in his address to the nation last night.
The Ukrainian president explained that the statistics of the official investigation into corruption in the recruitment process show that there are regions in the country where the number of people released from military service for medical reasons increased tenfold after the start of the large-scale invasion . Russian scale.
“It is absolutely clear what these decisions are: corrupt decisions,” said Zelensky, who ordered work to continue to make those who granted these medical waivers and those who bought them pay.
Ukraine’s president fired all of the country’s military recruiting chiefs on August 11 and ordered their replacement with soldiers wounded in battle who are less likely to release corrupt civilians from war in exchange for cash.
Corruption in the middle of the war
Zelensky also ordered the identification and punishment of all cases of corruption, after the publication Ukrainska Pravda revealed that the conscription commissioner of the Odesa region purchased property in Spain worth several million euros through relatives during the war that he could not afford from his salary. pay.
Ukraine’s secret service has already arrested numerous people suspected of taking bribes to issue certificates that would allow recipients to avoid being drafted or traveling abroad.
The Under the current Ukrainian martial law, all males between the ages of 18 and 60 are eligible for recruitmentwho, apart from exceptions such as being disabled or having a large family, are not allowed to leave the country until the end of the war.
Ukraine is facing a war after the Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022. (JO)
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