The official demanded money from a mobilized soldier's wife to avoid the frontline
In the Lviv region, a military unit commander has been exposed for extorting 4,100 US dollars from the wife of a mobilized serviceman. In exchange for this amount, he promised to keep the husband serving in a rear permanent deployment point in Lviv. This is reported by the portal PromPolitInform, citing information from Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police, based on data from the State Bureau of Investigation.
At the beginning of September of this year, the serviceman was mobilized to one of the military units in the Lviv region. Having learned about the recruit’s intention to remain at the permanent deployment point, a unit commander contacted his wife and offered to resolve the issue for a monetary reward.
Demand for Bribe and Amount
The official assured the woman that he could influence her husband’s service to ensure he was assigned to a unit not involved in combat missions in active combat zones. For this assistance, he initially demanded 4,100 US dollars. During subsequent telephone conversations, the suspect constantly inquired about the collection of funds.
Reduced Amount and Handover
When the soldier’s wife reported that she only had 3,800 US dollars on hand, the official agreed to a smaller amount. Subsequently, he provided instructions on the location and method of transferring the money through an intermediary who was unaware of his relative’s unlawful intentions.
Detention at a Gas Station
On September 24, on the territory of one of Lviv’s shopping centers, the woman handed over 3,800 US dollars to the suspect’s trusted person. Law enforcement officers seized the transferred funds from the scene. On the same day, on the territory of a gas station in Sambir, the unit commander was detained pursuant to Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Legal Qualification and Investigation
Based on the collected evidence, the official was served a notice of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for abuse of influence. The sanction of the article carries up to eight years of imprisonment. Currently, law enforcement officers are identifying other possible accomplices and checking for facts of similar illegal activities.
Joint Special Operation by Law Enforcement
The exposure measures were carried out jointly by operatives of the Strategic Investigations Department in the Lviv Region of the National Police of Ukraine and investigators of the State Bureau of Investigation in the city of Lviv. Employees of the Center for Internal and Personal Security of the Western Direction “Gard” of the National Guard of Ukraine also joined the operation. Procedural supervision over the criminal proceedings is carried out by the Lviv Specialized Defense Prosecutor’s Office of the Western Region.
Photo: Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police
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