The major (head of logistics) together with the sergeant (head of the cafeteria) decided that the state supplies too many products for the military and decided to sell part of them to make some extra money.

Law enforcement established 59 instances of misappropriation of military property in the form of food products from June 2024 to January 2025. Abusing their official position, the two, now accused, caused the state damage amounting to nearly half a million hryvnias. They created an artificial surplus of food products by reducing the established norm of products for preparing meals for the military.

On January 27, 2025, the head of logistics was detained, and the next day prosecutors informed him of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense under part 4 of Article 410 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The prosecutor submitted a motion to the court for the selection of a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of bail. On January 29, 2025, the ruling of the investigating judge of the Novozavodskyi District Court of Chernihiv denied the prosecutor's motion and applied a preventive measure in the form of round-the-clock house arrest with the imposition of obligations provided for in part 5 of Article 194 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

This ruling of the investigating judge was appealed by the prosecutor in the appellate procedure; however, the Chernihiv Appellate Court left the previous court decision unchanged. Subsequently, the term of house arrest was extended, and the last extension of the preventive measure was until July 22 of this year.

Regarding his assistant – the head of the cafeteria.

On June 17, 2025, prosecutors also informed her of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense under part 4 of Article 410 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A preventive measure in the form of bail was chosen for her. Currently, due to her illness and hospitalization for treatment in a medical facility, the materials of the pre-trial investigation regarding her have been separated into a separate proceeding.

The indictment against the head of logistics was sent to the Kozelets District Court of Chernihiv Oblast on June 23. The preparatory court session in the criminal proceedings is scheduled for 11 a.m. on July 3 of this year.

At the preparatory session, the prosecutor will request that the case be set for trial. If the defense files a motion to suspend the court proceedings due to the accused serving in the military, the prosecutor will categorically oppose and insist on setting the case for substantive consideration.