Chernivtsi Oblast's police mentioned on Feb. 7 that they’re investigating the circumstances surrounding the demise of a 32-year-old man at a regional navy enlistment workplace.

He was wished for evading mobilization and agreed to go to the enlistment workplace to make clear his navy registration particulars, in accordance with the police.

In keeping with preliminary info, the person felt unwell and fainted throughout his medical examination. Police mentioned they instantly offered first support and known as paramedics, however regardless of resuscitation efforts, medical doctors pronounced him useless on the scene. His physique was despatched for forensic examination to find out the reason for demise.

The incident follows stories on the deaths of conscripts allegedly attributable to beatings at navy enlistment places of work.

In June 2024 the Zhytomyr Oblast navy enlistment workplace launched an investigation after Serhii Kovalchuk, 32, died following his keep on the Zviahel navy enlistment workplace.

Kovalchuk's kinfolk accused the navy enlistment workplace of inflicting his demise by beating him. Dozens of native residents protested in opposition to the enlistment workplace following the incident.

Prosecutors opened a homicide investigation into the incident. Navy enlistment officers have denied the accusations, claiming that no violence was used in opposition to Kovalchuk.

The incidents additionally come amid heightened safety issues following a collection of assaults on navy enlistment places of work. On Feb. 1, a bombing at a draft workplace in Rivne killed the suspected perpetrator and injured eight service members. The Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) later mentioned Russia had recruited the attacker.

Different latest assaults embody explosions at recruitment facilities in Rivne and Pavlohrad, which wounded a number of officers, and the Jan. 31 killing of a draft officer in Poltava Oblast.

Ukrainian authorities have pledged to analyze the incidents and convey these accountable to justice.

Enlistment office claims man died due to epileptic seizure, not beatingKovalchuk’s relatives have accused the military enlistment office of causing his death by beating him. Dozens of local residents have protested against the enlistment office following the incident.The Kyiv IndependentDaria Shulzhenko