Odesa activist Gnezdilov is left in pre-trial detention center once again

On November 29, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv once again extended the pre-trial restraint for activist Serhiy Hnezdilov, a soldier of the 56th Brigade, who left the unit without permission in September.

Prosecutor Mykola Shelest asked the court to extend the pre-trial restraint in the form of detention until March 15, without the right to be released on bail, Suspilne reported.

In particular, he believes that the serviceman may be hiding from the investigation and the court. In her turn, Anastasia Burkovska, the lawyer of Serhiy Gnezdilov, asked the court to mitigate the measure of restraint, in particular, to replace detention with house arrest. The activist himself said in a comment to Suspilne that he had reminded the judge of his consent to return to the military unit, which, according to him, had agreed to his return to service.

At the end of November, on November 29, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv once again extended the preventive measure for a soldier of the 56th Brigade, activist Serhiy Hnezdilov, who left the unit without permission in September.

Earlier, the Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the previous decision of the Pechersk Court of Kyiv to keep Odesa activist and soldier of the 56th Brigade Serhiy Gnezdilov in the brig, who had left the military unit without permission. The meeting was attended by the suspect's friends, journalists and members of the movement for the establishment of clear terms of military service.

Serhiy Gnezdilov stated that he would go on a hunger strike if the legislation on demobilization was not developed and adopted, and added that he was ready to return to service if such a document was adopted.

He noted that service in the army without clear deadlines is turning into serfdom and "castration" of society. On October 11, Kyiv's Pechersk Court imposed a pre-trial restraint on Serhiy Hnezdilov, a soldier of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, in the form of two months in custody without bail.

In September, the activist said that he was leaving the military unit until the specific terms of service were determined. He noted that in this way he wanted to draw the attention of the authorities and society to the need to discuss this issue. In his opinion, many people are trying to avoid serving in the Armed Forces, while the infantry is bearing the brunt of the war without the prospect of demobilization.

Кирило Бойко