Ex-commander of OTU “Kharkiv” Galushkin detained again
22 January 23:09
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation have again detained the former commander of the Kharkiv OTU, Yuriy Galushkin, as new facts were discovered in the case of the border breakout in the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation, Komersant ukrainskyi reports
As part of the criminal investigation into the negligence of commanders during the defense of part of the territory of the Lipetsk rural territorial community of the Kharkiv district, it was found that the former commander of the Kharkiv OTU misjudged the enemy’s potential and the situation in the area of responsibility and, by his actions, also contributed to the unauthorized abandonment of the battlefield by the soldiers of the 125th Separate Tank Corps.
The military commander ignored the available intelligence, assessed the Russian offensive in this area as “unlikely” and accordingly gave orders and instructions to his subordinates that did not correspond to the real situation, which led to tragic events on the front line.
Miscalculations in the command and the unauthorized withdrawal of soldiers and certain units of the 125th Separate Tank Brigade from their positions led to the loss of strategic initiative and the enemy’s ability to penetrate the brigade’s defense line up to 10 km, allowing it to shell Kharkiv with artillery.
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As a result of these actions, almost a hundred Ukrainian servicemen were wounded, killed, or went missing in the first day of the enemy’s offensive alone.
Galushkin will be served a notice of suspicion under the article Assistance in the unauthorized leaving of the battlefield or refusal to use weapons (Part 5 of Article 27, Article 429 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The former commander was detained.
On January 20, 2024, the former commander was served a notice of suspicion of negligence of duty by a military official committed under martial law, which caused grave consequences (Part 4 of Article 425 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). A custody was chosen as a measure of restraint with an alternative of bail in the amount of UAH 5 million.
Today, Galushkin was released on bail in the amount of UAH 5 million, the name of the bail provider was not disclosed.
On January 20, 2024, SBI officers in cooperation with the SBU, with the assistance of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces Command , detained former commanders: two generals and a colonel, whose negligence allowed the enemy to seize part of the territory of Kharkiv region in May 2024.
The former commanders of the Kharkiv operational and tactical group, the 125th separate territorial defense brigade and the 415th separate rifle battalion of the 23rd separate mechanized brigade, through their negligent attitude to military service, allowed Russian troops to seize part of the territory of the Lipetsk rural territorial community in Kharkiv district. The actions of the commanders also led to the loss of personnel and weapons, and disrupted the defense of the state border in their area of responsibility.
