Investigation into Ukrainian prosecutors who tried to avoid military service through bribery

Attorney General Andriy Kostin ordered the internal investigation, it said. An investigation has also been launched against the region’s chief prosecutor, according to a report from news platform Censor.net. According to the platform, the plaintiffs received disability pensions obtained after payments to a woman who served in the regional administration on behalf of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party. She is accused of declaring thousands of Ukrainians disabled and therefore unfit for military service in exchange for money.

The woman and her son, who headed the regional pension fund and was allegedly involved, are in jail, it said. More than $10 million in cash was reportedly found on the man, who owns three houses in Ukraine and Europe.

The report shows that it cost up to $4,000 to be declared disabled. This usually happened to women. Men of military age did not have to go to the front, but were allowed to stay at home to care for their supposedly invalid wives. The men themselves were not in the spotlight, because it was their wives who applied for the status.

The investigation would not be limited to the Khmelnytsky prosecutor’s office. It is expected to expand to other public prosecutor’s offices.