Only 1.3% of desertion cases in Ukraine went to trial in 2024
Kyiv • UNN
Out of nearly 20,000 criminal proceedings on desertion in the first 10 months of 2024, only 1.3% went to court. About 8,000 soldiers have already taken advantage of the opportunity to voluntarily return to service.
In the first 10 months of 2024, only 1.3% of desertion cases went to court, UNN reports, citing Opendatabot.
Details
In 10 months of 2024, 19,922 criminal proceedings related to desertion were opened. The number of deserters is increasing every year. For example, compared to the same period last year, the number of such cases increased by 3.7 times. Only 3% of the cases this year have been served with a notice of suspicion, and only 1.3% of the cases have gone to trial.
Servicemen who, during martial law, left their place of service without permission or deserted for the first time, may voluntarily return to service by January 1, 2025, and will be exempt from criminal liability - their cases will be closed.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, about 8,000 servicemen have already taken advantage of this opportunity in the past three months.
Recall
Almost 4,000 servicemen have applied to return to service after deserting, half of them have already been granted. The soldiers who return before January 1, 2025, will be exempt from criminal liability.
