The SBI acted within its powers and enforced the court order in the case of the ex-military commander of Odessa Regional Territorial Centre of Recruitment and Social Support, – Oleksii Sukhachov

The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation Oleksii Sukhachov emphasizes that the SBI acted within its powers and enforced the court order for compulsory attendance in relation to the former head of the Odessa Regional TCR and SS.

This was stated by Oleksii Sukhachov, the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda.

"The fact is that the defendant deliberately uses any excuse not to appear at court hearings. Since Borisov was released on bail, he has only attended the first few hearings and ignored all others. Therefore, I believe that the court's decision to bring him in by force is entirely justified," said Oleksii Sukhachov.

«We reviewed the video published by the defendant's lawyers. The SBI employees acted within their powers and did not respond to provocations from the defendant's representatives,» he said.

As a reminder, the State Bureau of Investigation had previously sent a number of indictments against the ex-military commander to court, namely:

• for committing a criminal offense under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—the acquisition by a person authorized to perform the functions of the state or local self-government of assets worth 142,927,001 (one hundred forty-two million nine hundred twenty-seven thousand one) hryvnias, which exceeds his legal income by more than six thousand five hundred non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens;
• in committing a criminal offense under Part 5 of Article 407 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – failure to report for duty on time without valid reasons by a military serviceman (except for conscripts), committed under martial law;
• in committing a criminal offense under Part 4 of Article 409 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – evasion of military service by a military serviceman through other deception, committed under martial law;
• in committing a criminal offense under Part 4 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – use of a knowingly forged document;
• in committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 27 and Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – organization of legalization of funds obtained by criminal means;
• ⁠in committing a criminal offense under Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – for organizing obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a special period, and others.

As part of one of the criminal proceedings, based on materials from the State Bureau of Investigation, the court transferred to the National Agency of Ukraine for Finding, Tracing and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption or Other Crimes (ARMA) a house with an area of 857 square meters worth EUR 4 million and an office with an area of 223.9 square meters worth EUR 510,000 in the Spanish resort of Marbella. The property belonged to the mother and wife of the ex-military commander.

The court also transferred to ARMA a MERCEDES-BENZ EQV worth UAG 2.9 million, a Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG worth 8.4 million hryvnias, and a Toyota Land Cruiser 200 worth 3 million hryvnias. They were owned by the wife, mother, and mother-in-law of the ex-military commander.