The ex-commander of the operative-tactical group "Kharkiv" Yury Galushkin , a suspect in the case of improper defense of the Kharkiv region, was re-detained after posting bail in the amount of 5 million hryvnias. The incident happened at the exit from the pre-trial detention center.
According to the lawyer, Galushkin was detained and taken to the DBR.
As reported by the SBI, as part of the investigation of the criminal proceedings regarding the negligence of the commanders during the defense of part of the territory of the Lipetsk rural territorial community of the Kharkiv district, it was found that the ex-commander of the OTU "Kharkiv" did not correctly assess the potential of the enemy and the situation in the area of responsibility and by his actions also contributed arbitrary abandonment of the battlefield by fighters 125 Ord. TrO.
"It was established that the military commander ignored the available intelligence, assessed the Russian offensive in this area as "unlikely", and accordingly gave orders and orders to subordinates that did not correspond to the real situation, which ultimately led to tragic events on the front line.
"Due to miscalculations in the command and the arbitrary withdrawal of soldiers and certain units of the 125th Infantry Regiment, the strategic initiative was lost, and the enemy managed to penetrate the brigade's defense line to a distance of up to 10 km, which allowed them to shell Kharkiv again with artillery," the report says.
Also, as a result of such actions, almost a hundred of our servicemen were wounded, killed or went missing on the first day of the enemy offensive, the Bureau added.
The SBI confirmed that the former commander was detained.
He will be charged with suspicion under Art. 5th century 27, Art. 429 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (assistance in voluntarily leaving the battlefield or refusal to act with a weapon).
