A coordination meeting of heads of military law enforcement agencies in Southern Ukraine devoted to cooperation in joint activities aimed against criminal offenses among soldiers, including those committed during the counter-terrorist operation. The meeting was attended by prosecutors from Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Lugansk regions, by heads of prosecutors’ offices responsible for supervision over observance of laws in the military sector of the Southern region, and by heads of the military authorities.
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PGO examines how military commissariats hold mobilization
The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) of Ukraine organized examinations of military commissariats’ activities on holding the military conscription and partial mobilization.
Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios told a briefing at Ukrinform.
“The relevant examination is a response of prosecutor bodies for numerous facts of violation of the law by officials of military commissariats,” he said.
PGO: Six Russians in custody in Ukraine – for terrorism
Six citizens of the Russian Federation are currently in custody in Ukraine for committing terrorist acts. Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios told a briefing at Ukrinform.
“Currently, nearly 450 people were exposed, perpetrators of the said crimes, to whom the suspicion was announced. Regarding 139 people, detention as a preventive measure was chosen for them by the courts, including with respect to six citizens of the Russian Federation,” he said.
In particular, according to Matios, the Prosecutor General’s Office has provided the pre-trial investigation and procedural guidance in more than 1,300 criminal proceedings on the facts of committing acts of terrorism and other serious and heinous crimes, especially, the attacks on the integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, riots, seizure and blocking of government establishments, sabotage and illegal imprisonment.
Deputy Prosecutor General also stressed that the police do not leave unattended a single fact of violations of the law during the ATO in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine: Defending the Homeland
Last week the Ukrainian government announced the formation of the National Guard, after it was revealed that the army only had 6,000 combat ready troops compared to Russia’s 200,000. The volunteer force will bolster the under-strength military and protect Ukraine’s borders after Crimea having been effectively annexed and Russian forces now building up along Ukraine’s eastern border.
The first to answer the call were the self defense groups who fought on the barricades during last month’s revolution. So we headed down to the Maidan to hopefully tag along with them to the training grounds outside of Kiev for their induction day.