The soldier, who was injured during the operation, was given a one-week suspension from his unit and received a suspended prison sentence of one and a half years because he was hospitalized. This has been reported Web site Military Tribunal of the Ulan-Ude Garrison.
Shelkanova VV was mobilized from Buryatia on 20 October 2022. He was injured while in the SVO area in January 2023. The man was treated in a military hospital from March 20 to April 4, but later told the military unit command that he had to visit the hospital because the fragment had not been removed.
On the morning of April 27, with the permission of the unit commander and the military unit commander, he left the region to see a surgeon.
“At the same time, after visiting the hospital, the time of arrival for service in the military unit was VV Shelkanov. not loaded. At the same time after visiting the Shelkanov VV hospital. He did not return to the military unit, did not start his military service, did not contact any of the military personnel of the unit, and did not answer the phones. In this context, a search for VV Shelkanov was organized on the territory of the military unit, but it did not bring any results,” the court documents say.
The “missing” man came to the military commander’s office on May 7 “for consultation purposes” because he learned that he was wanted. The man emphasized that “the commander did not set a specific time to report to the military unit” and decided to go home to his wife.
The military medical commission declared Shelkanov fit for service with minor restrictions. He was accused of leaving his unit during the mobilization period and was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison with a two-year probation period. In addition, in the case, procedural costs in the amount of 18,720 rubles were collected from the man.
Two specials before it took five years colonial settlements due to unauthorized abandonment of a unit.