Khmelnytskyi region resident convicted for refusing mobilization over religion
Illustrative photo: detector.media
A resident of the Derazhnia community in the Khmelnytskyi region will spend three years behind bars for evading military service during mobilization due to religious beliefs. This was reported by the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Under the public accusation of the Letychiv District Prosecutor's Office, the court found the 37-year-old resident of the Derazhnia community guilty of evading military service during mobilization in a special period (Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
The Prosecutor’s Office states that in October 2024, following the results of a military medical commission, the man was declared fit for military service. In December, he was served a combat summons to report to the local Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center for dispatch to a military unit to perform military service.
However, it is noted that he categorically refused to accept the combat summons, citing religious convictions. According to the man, his beliefs forbid him from taking up arms.
He did not appear at the specified time and date mentioned in the summons.
The court's verdict has not come into legal force and can be appealed in an appellate procedure.
As reported by the UOJ, a Protestant cleric was convicted in Poltava for refusing mobilization.
Read also
State Department to investigate euthanasia death of rape victim in Spain
The Trump administration accused Madrid of “systemic human rights failures” after the euthanasia of 25-year-old Noelia Castillo.
Ukraine’s Foreign Office extends Passover greetings to Jewish community
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry wished the Jewish community peace and described the story of Passover as an example of the journey from oppression to freedom.
No one awaited Filaret’s death as eagerly as OCU leadership – Bondarenko
Kostiantyn Bondarenko said the OCU leadership was waiting for Filaret to die so it could seize the property of the Kyiv Patriarchate.
OCU backs plans to destroy UOC hospital church in Zaporizhzhia
Fotiy Davydenko says he is “pained” that a UOC church stood next to wounded soldiers.
Georgian Church responds to RF SVR claims of Phanar election meddling
A representative of the Georgian Patriarchate called the Russian intelligence service’s claims that Patriarch Bartholomew is trying to influence the election of a new Georgian patriarch “unthinkable.”
DESS congratulates Ukrainians on Passover
DESS has published an address in which it compared the biblical Exodus with the modern path of the people toward freedom and peace.