Tyshchenko case: MP ordered to appear in court on December 23

A hearing in the case of MP Mykola Tyshchenko and former Kraken special forces soldier Dmytro Pavlov has begun in the Babushkinsky District Court of Dnipro. This is the first preparatory hearing to review the preventive measure and collect evidence to get to the merits of the case. UNN reports this with reference to Suspilne.

Tyshchenko and former police officer Pysarenko are accused of unlawfully imprisoning Dmytro Mazokha, a war veteran and former member of the Kraken special forces.

The conflict between the MP and the war veteran occurred on June 20, 2024. Back then, Mykola Tyshchenko came to Dnipro, in his words, "to close down fraudulent call centers." The conflict occurred near one of them.

According to Dmytro Mazokha, he was walking with his six-month-old child that day. When he passed by a group of armed men, they asked him for his documents and, according to the man, began to provoke him.

"They were coming out just as I was leaving, and I didn't even know it was a bot farm. They didn't like being asked the question, "Who are you? Why are you in uniform, why are you walking around with weapons in a peaceful city and scaring people without insignia?" I made a remark, then they made up a story that I had stolen a phone," the veteran said.

According to Dmytro, when he tried to leave the scene of the conflict, people in balaclavas put him face down in the ground.

"Seven men, from different sides, I don't know, grabbed the child, took the child away, beat and humiliated me. The whole of Ukraine saw it: we were leaving the conflict, realizing that inadequate things were happening there," the victim said.

According to the ex-serviceman's lawyer, Tyshchenko ignores court summonses and does not connect online, which delays the case.

"Obviously, they had a plan prepared: to file several motions, then to recuse the secretary, then to recuse the prosecutor, to file several challenges to the judge. That is, all this could have delayed the process, gone beyond December 23. And say: "Here, I am a free man, and I can appear in court without a bracelet," said Vitaliy Kolomiets.

"During a hearing on December 20 at the Dnipro District Court, the prosecutor in the case noted that both suspects were legally notified of the hearing. Since the defendants did not comply with the requirement to connect online, the prosecutor asked the court to order Tyshchenko and Pysarenko to appear in the courtroom at the next hearing," the statement said.

However, Tyshchenko's lawyer noted that due to his house arrest, the MP cannot accept the summons and this violates his right to defense.

The judge upheld the prosecutor's motion.

"MP Mykola Tyshchenko and ex-police officer Bohdan Pysarenko are obliged to appear in person at the next meeting, which is scheduled for December 23," the statement said.

Addendum

Tyshchenko's case was sent to court.

The bodyguard of MP Mykola Tyshchenko, Konstantin Tsuber, who is suspected of unlawfully imprisoning a serviceman in Dnipro, has entered into a plea deal with the investigation and pledged to testify, in particular against Tyshchenko.