A man who survived a Russian torture chamber and a firing squad has been drafted in the Chernihiv region, according to Goncharenko

The decision was made at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada’s Temporary Investigative Commission on the Investigation of Possible Violations of Defense Legislation.

In 2022, Russian soldiers tortured him and his two brothers for three days, then shot them and threw them into a pit. His brothers died, but Kulichenko managed to crawl out of the pit with a gunshot wound and broken ribs.

His status as a prisoner of war in Russia was not confirmed, so he was unable to obtain a deferment. The Chernihiv Regional Military Registration and Enlistment Office and the Special Purpose Unit emphasized that, at the time of his delivery to the Military Registration and Enlistment Office, he had no documented grounds for deferment and was deemed fit for military service. Furthermore, he did not file any complaints regarding his health.

Oleksandr Honcharenko stated that the TSK is demanding that the National Police conduct an internal investigation into the actions of the local police officer in the village of Dovzhik, Chernihiv Oblast.

As a reminder, the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, reported that Ukraine has verified 186 detention sites for prisoners of war and civilians in the Russian Federation and in the occupied territories.