The Security Service and National Police have dismantled another six new schemes for evading mobilization in several regions of Ukraine. Thirteen organizers, who sold fake medical certificates to draft dodgers or helped them flee abroad, have been detained.

The cost of such ‘services’ reached USD 20,000.

In Mykolaiv, a criminal group that smuggled potential conscripts to the unrecognized Transnistria region was neutralized. From there, the draft evaders hoped to travel to the EU, but the law enforcement blocked the ‘traffic’ and detained four organizers.

According to the investigation, the crime ring brought their ‘clients’ to an assembly point in Odesa region and then took them to Transnistria evading checkpoints.

In Zaporizhzhia, an assistant to a regional council member was detained for selling ‘poor health’ certificates together with his acquaintance, a businessman.

In Poltava, a printing house employee and his accomplice were detained for forging summonses to be presented to Territorial Recruitment Center personnel in case of military registration document checks.

One of the individuals involved in the scheme was spreading kremlin narratives about russia’s armed aggression on Telegram and the banned social network Odnoklassniki.

In Dnipro, three hospital directors were detained for selling fake medical documents to draft evaders.

The head of a medical institution issued certificates of need for care to elderly people. After that, their relatives, who were liable to military service, obtained the status of caregivers to ensure unhindered travel abroad.

Another person organizing mobilization evasion is the director of a private clinic who gave potential conscripts fake diagnoses.

In Kamyanske district, Dnipropetrovsk region, the head of one of the hospital departments was detained, who, together with a nurse and an intermediary, sold fake medical certificates.

All those detained have been notified of suspicion, according to the actions each of them committed, under the Articles of the CCU:

• 332.2, 332.3 (illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine);
• 368.3 (acceptance of a proposal, promise or receipt of unlawful benefits by an official);
• 14.1, 28.2, 114-1.1 (preparation to obstruct the lawful activities of the AFU and other military formations, committed by a group, upon prior conspiracy);
• 436-2.2, 436-2.3 (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants);
• 369-2.3 (abuse of influence);
• 358.3 (forgery of documents, seals, stamps, and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, and stamps, committed by a group, upon prior conspiracy).

The suspects are in custody and face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The operations were carried out under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor’s Offices.