Man arrested in Kyiv for $50,000 illegal border exits

A man suspected of providing conscripts with fake military registration documents or necessary medical certificates was detained in Kyiv, the National Police reports.

As police determined, a 34-year-old Kyiv resident was looking for men who wanted to evade military service through acquaintances. For $50,000, he offered to produce fake military registration documents with a mark of deregistration or "fake" medical documentation.

Having connections in medical institutions, the Kyiv resident could provide real documents with fake diagnoses

During the searches, a fake law enforcement officer's ID, $30,000, €1,140, ​​an assault rifle with ammunition, and grenades were seized from the man. For illegally smuggling people across the state border, the man faces up to 9 years in prison with confiscation of property. He was remanded in custody with the right to post bail of 2 million hryvnias.

We also previously reported that the former head of the Brovary Regional State Administration from the Kyiv region is suspected of organizing the illegal departure of men abroad under the guise of volunteers.

In addition, in the Poltava region, officials of one of the district TCP and SS are suspected of organizing an illegal scheme to evade mobilization .