abuse in Ukrainian army

Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has ordered the Military Law Enforcement Service to conduct an inspection of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment following a journalistic investigation into alleged use of so-called barrier troops, beatings, and torture within the unit, journalist Anna Kaliuzhna, who authored the original investigation, reported on Aug. 4, after receiving a response from the Armed Forces' Main Communications Directorate.

The position of Military Ombudsman was introduced in Ukraine at the end of 2023. On Dec. 30, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Olha Reshetylova as the Presidential Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen and Members of Military Families.