Yesterday evening, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conducted investigative actions against the commander of the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Oleh Poberezhnyuk. This is reported to sources in law enforcement agencies.
It is noted that the 211 brigade conducted a search at the place of residence of the brigade commander. According to the investigation, in the period from February to July 2024, Poberezhniuk, knowing for sure about the facts of torture and other inhumane treatment by a subordinate officer (Vladislav Pastukh - UNIAN) towards the military personnel, did not react in any way.
According to the UP, a notice of suspicion is being prepared for the brigade commander under part. 4 Art. 426 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – inaction of the military authorities committed under martial law.
Scandal in the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces - what you should know
As UNIAN reported, journalists found out about large-scale problems in the 211th pontoon-bridge brigade of the Armed Forces Support Forces. It was noted that commanders mock subordinates, demand money, use violence, tie them to a wooden cross, etc.
People's deputy of Ukraine, deputy head of the Temporary Investigative Commission for investigating possible violations of Ukrainian legislation in the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuliya Yatsyk, said that in the 211th brigade, servicemen who abused alcoholic beverages were stripped naked and thrown into pits so that they sobered up