Did not protect the Armed Forces of Ukraine from attacks: in the Russian Federation they want to imprison an officer for violating his combat duty, – media

In Russia, the first case of accusing a military man under the article on violation of the rules of combat duty appeared. This was reported on March 31 by the Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing sources in Russia’s military investigation system.

The occupier faces up to ten years in prison. The investigation believes that the actions of the officer did not prevent the “attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian Federation.” Violation of the rules of duty led to the mass liquidation and injury of the occupants, the destruction and damage of military equipment.

The criminal case, as noted by the interlocutors, was opened in the spring of 2022 after the “rocket attack” of the RF Armed Forces in the Belgorod region.

“A surprise attack of the enemy became possible due to insufficient air defense coverage with air defense systems in the border area,” the authorities said.

The first department of the military investigation department of the Russian Federation Sledkom for the Western Military District opened a criminal case under Art. 340 of the Russian Criminal Code.

The court decision says that as a result of the “attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, 7 soldiers died, 43 were injured and suffered from bullet shock. In addition, 15 pieces of equipment were destroyed and 30 pieces of equipment were damaged for a total of 89 million rubles.

The accused not only made a personal mistake, but also made serious miscalculations when organizing the combat service of his unit. Therefore, the commander is also charged with Part 3 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – abuse of power.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is preparing new recommendations on the punishment of the military

The decision of the military courts states that the person has been in custody since May 2022. In 2022, the garrison military court in Kursk chose for him the preventive measure and expanded it. In December 2022, St. He was transferred to the pre-trial detention center in St. Petersburg.

According to the publication, the suspect regularly appeals to the Western 1st and 2nd district military courts.

The Supreme Court of Russia is preparing recommendations to the courts on crimes against military service, including violations during combat duty.

The definitions apply to the following violations:

• unauthorized departure from a combat point;
• transferring combat duties to another person without the permission of the commander;
• performing work that leads to a decrease in the combat capability of weapons or military equipment;
• drinking alcohol, using drugs, psychotropic or other substances on the job;
• admission to office of unauthorized persons;
• violation of the rules for the use of special equipment and its unreasonable shutdown;
• damage to military equipment and communications;
• non-compliance with orders;
• termination of observation of the target, untimely notification of its approach and failure to take measures to eliminate it.

Separately, serious consequences are foreseen – damage to important state and military facilities (destruction or damage to defense enterprises, structures, military infrastructure. This also includes the death of people, the opening of the air defense system and the fact of an unpreventable attack .

Recall that in February of this year, a criminal case against the Ukrainian soldier Anton Cherednik was sent to the Southern District Military Court of the Rostov Region of Russia. The Russians accuse him of killing civilians in Mariupol.

Focus He had already written about the decision in Sevastopol for the military personnel of the Russian Federation, who refused to obey the command orders. Brothers Kotov VA and Kotov EV did not want to fight in the Kherson region.