The former commander of the 155th Brigade has been detained. The State Bureau of Investigation revealed new details about the case.

The subordinates of the former commander of the 155th brigade, who was detained yesterday, reported incidents of unauthorized absence from units (AWOL) and places of service, but the suspect ignored these reports.

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine, citing the spokesperson for communications at the State Bureau of Investigations, Tatyana Sapyian, during a telethon.

Additionally, the detained individual was informed that some soldiers had not returned from leave or sick leave. There were also cases where soldiers went AWOL, returned, and then left their units and places of service again.

"And they bore no responsibility for this. Accordingly, the commander did not report this to the pre-trial investigation authorities. In other words, it is a fact that he received reports, and his subordinates informed him. At the same time, he took no action in this regard," Sapyian added.

Training in France

The case gained particular attention after 56 soldiers from the brigade unlawfully left training grounds in France. The former commander of the 155th brigade sent 22 soldiers abroad, 15 of whom were caught in 2024 attempting to illegally cross the border before mobilization, caught in an attempt to illegally cross the border.

"So, roughly speaking, these are the soldiers who wanted to leave the country and live there; they ended up on the training lists for the brigade in France, where they managed to leave the training grounds. The investigation believes that for such actions, the commander must answer all questions from the pre-trial investigation authorities. And when the case reaches court, he should bear responsibility under the law," the spokesperson for the SBI added.

Detention of the former commander of the 155th brigade

Yesterday, January 20, news broke about the detention of the former commander of the 155th OMBr named after Anna Kyivska. During his command, AWOL became widespread in the brigade.

According to sources from RBK-Ukraine, the individual in question is Dmitry Ryumshin.

According to the investigation, during his tenure, the suspect did not inform law enforcement about the large number of unauthorized absences that occurred while the unit was being prepared on the territory of the European Union.

The former commander faces up to ten years in prison.