Mobilization in Ukraine: whether legitimate detention for violation of military accounting rules

Lawyer Roman Simutin explained what the powers of the Military Law Enforcement Service and in which cases may be delayed. In Ukraine, the mobilization of conscripted citizens is ongoing. Within the framework of mobilization measures across the country there are checkpoints, which stop men of conscript age and check documents.

In some cases, after checking on the base of the Armor, men are told that they are wanted as evaders, and call the military service of law enforcement, which conducts detention and sent to the Tax Code. A lawyer Roman Simutin told about who can detain for violation of military accounting rules and what powers. The Military Law Enforcement Service is a special formation of the Armed Forces that actually performs police functions.

According to the Law on Military Law Enforcement Service in the Armed Forces and the Administrative Code, employees of the VSP have the right: the VSP may detain servicemen, military personnel and reservists in the situations provided for in Article 262, Article 262 of the Code The item "Violation of the Rules of Military Accounting", so the detention of military personnel for evasion of mobilization is illegal.

The police, which are stated in Article 262, paragraph 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, is endowed with the powers to force the military. However, in fact, this is not a detention. "The conclusion is obvious: neither the CCC nor the VSP have the right to delay the conscripts for violation of the rules of military accounting," the lawyer summarized.