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Several hundred soldiers of the National Guard left their military units in Kyiv and the region to rally near the Presidential Administration

PoltorakOn Oct. 13, several hundred soldiers of the National Guard left their military units in Kyiv and the region to rally near the Presidential Administration, demanding the end of draft. National Guard units are staffed though national mobilization, but the terms of service for these particular units have been extended several times beyond the usual one year.

Anatolii Matios, Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor and Yury Viytev, military prosecutor of the Central District, tried for hours to persuade the soldiers to disperse, saying that they were subject to criminal punishment for their actions.

Source: www.kyivpost.com

A coordination meeting of heads of military law enforcement agencies in Southern Ukraine

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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