In just three months of this year, more than 1,500 cases of draft evasion have already been opened.
Law enforcement officers have opened more than 10.7 thousand criminal cases due to evasion of conscription since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.
It is indicated that the data relate to criminal proceedings under Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – evasion of conscription for military service during mobilization, for a special period, for military service for the conscription of persons from reservists during a special period.
In 2022, 2,431 such criminal proceedings were registered, and in 2023 their number increased to 6,745.
Approximately the same dynamics remain this year. In three months of 2024, more than 1,500 cases of draft evasion have already been opened.
At the same time, as statistics for 2022-2023 show, approximately half of the proceedings are closed at the pre-trial stage:
- due to the absence of a criminal offense;
- due to the absence of a criminal offense in the actions;
- due to the fact that the law that established the criminal offense has become invalid;
- if there is a verdict or court ruling to close criminal proceedings on the same charge;
- if there is an unrepealed resolution of the investigator, inquiry officer, or prosecutor to close criminal proceedings on the above grounds regarding the same act.
Less than a third of cases go to trial. In 2022, 446 proceedings were sent to court, in 2023 – 1768, in 3 months of 2024 – 258.
“However, how many Ukrainians received sentences in these court cases (how many of them were suspended, and how many were actual prison terms) – at the time of publication of the news, the Office of the Prosecutor General did not answer us,” the journalists write.
According to Opendatabot , out of 1,274 sentences handed down last year, 60 criminal proceedings resulted in actual imprisonment.