Soldiers spend almost a year building house for senior officer, receiving "frontline" pay

Ukrainian soldiers in Odesa Oblast spent nearly a year building a house for their deputy battalion commander on his orders. The soldiers received the same salary as if they had been performing their official duties.

Source: the State Bureau of Investigation 

Details: The materials of investigation state that the deputy commander of the military unit instructed the soldiers to build a house for him near Odesa, instead of fulfilling their duties for the defence and protection of Ukraine since August last year.

While military personnel worked as construction workers, they were paid the same wages as their colleagues. This caused more than UAH 2 million (US$54, 000) in losses to the state. 

The deputy commander was served with a notice of suspicion for power abuse (Art. 364.2, Art. 426-1.5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He faces up to 12 years in prison. 

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