In Odesa, a military conscription officer pleaded guilty to the abduction of conscripts

In Odesa, a member of the Territorial Recruitment Center, along with accomplices, forcibly dragged men of draft age into a service vehicle, using tear gas and physical force. After pleading guilty, he entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors and was sentenced to five years and one month in prison.

This is stated in the verdict of the Primorsky District Court of Odessa. 

All three victims provided written consent to the plea agreement between the defendant and the prosecutor. 

According to the case file, the defendant was a member of a group responsible for notifying and verifying military registration data at one of Odessa’s territorial centers for recruitment and social support (TCRS). In April 2026, together with his accomplices, he carried out three incidents of unlawful detention of men without police involvement and without establishing legal grounds for restricting their freedom.

For this offense, the court imposed a sentence of two years’ imprisonment. Since the defendant had previously received a five-year suspended sentence for drug trafficking, the court added the unserved portion of that sentence to the current one. The defendant was ultimately sentenced to five years and one month in prison.

As reported by Intent, another servicemember of the Territorial Defense Forces fully admitted his guilt in the unlawful detention and torture of a civilian man during mobilization operations in Odesa. Based on a plea agreement, the court sentenced him to seven years of imprisonment and barred him from holding positions in recruitment agencies.

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