“Service shouldn’t be slavery”: protest held in Kyiv in opposition to harsher penalties for troopers – photographs, video

A protest is going down in Kyiv’s Independence Sq. (the Maidan) in opposition to a draft regulation handed by the Ukrainian parliament within the first studying that might introduce harsher prison legal responsibility for troopers for disobedience.

Supply: Ukrainska Pravda’s correspondent in Independence Sq.

Particulars: The protesters are holding up handmade indicators with slogans together with: "You’re punishing the mistaken individuals", "We should shield those that shield us", and "Repression shouldn’t be self-discipline".

Folks protesting in Kyiv Picture: Ukrainska Pravda

They’re additionally chanting: "Service shouldn’t be slavery!"

"[Bills] Nos. 13452 and 13260 are cringe"

Picture: Ukrainska Pravda

Earlier, veteran Alina Sarnatska had taken to Fb to demand that the authorities cease harassing navy personnel. She urged them to not undertake draft regulation No. 13452, repeal provisions of regulation No. 8271 from 2022, and move a regulation on a navy ombudsman.

Folks protesting in Kyiv Picture: Ukrainska Pravda

Sarnatska additionally famous that the protest is peaceable. She referred to as on the protesters to not make loud noises or use fireplace, flares, audio system or megaphones, and to make sure security and stop provocations.

Folks protesting in Kyiv Picture: Ukrainska Pravda

"The protest has been authorised by the navy administration and Kyiv Metropolis State Administration. The dialogue police will assist us guarantee security on the gathering," she wrote.

У п’ятницю ввечері в Києві на Майдані незалежності проходить акція проти проголосованого у першому читанні законопроєкту про посилення кримінальної відповідальності для військових за непокору. pic.twitter.com/Xm6VduaEq6

— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) September 5, 2025

Background: On 4 September, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) handed invoice 13260, which will increase prison legal responsibility for troopers for disobedience, within the first studying. The draft regulation would reinstate prison legal responsibility for absence with out go away and desertion.

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