Under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, a 35-year-old resident of the capital has been notified of suspicion for promising military conscripts assistance in crossing the border with Romania for $20,000. The "clients" were to reach Lviv, where they would be met for further smuggling across the border outside of the checkpoints.

The actions of the organizer of the scheme have been qualified under part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, specifically as illegal transportation of persons across the state border, committed for selfish motives.

Another suspect offered military conscripts removal from the wanted list and subsequent employment at critical infrastructure enterprises, with the aim of further reserving them from mobilization.

For such assistance, the man charged military conscripts from $13,000. He received the money in several installments. He was detained immediately after receiving the next "tranche" of $8,000.

The detained individual has been notified of suspicion under part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, specifically for receiving unlawful benefits for influencing the decision-making of a person authorized to perform state functions, combined with extortion of such benefits.

Pre-trial investigations in both criminal proceedings are being conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv with operational support from employees of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.

According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.