Due to sabotage of Pecherskyi District Court, case of ex-commander of 155th Brigade Riumshyn has not been sent for appeal yet - lawyer Yosypov
The Kyiv Court of Appeal postponed the hearing in the case of former 155th Brigade commander Dmytro Riumshyn, as the Pecherskyi District Court had not prepared the case file for transfer.
This was reported by lawyer Andrii Yosypov, Censor.NET reports.
"The court hearing in the case of Dmytro Riumshyn was scheduled by the Kyiv Court of Appeal for 06.02.2025 at 12:40 pm. The Court of Appeal was forced to postpone the hearing due to procedural sabotage by Judge Yermichova and the staff of the Pecherskyi Court. Since the decision to detain him in custody was made, the judge has not formed and prepared the case file for transfer, and the case has not been sent for appeal," the statement said.
According to the lawyer, a petition is being prepared to ensure that the principles of openness and publicity of the process are observed and to prevent the hearing from being held in a closed session in the appellate instance.
"We believe that even a closed session will not stop the support of the colonel, will not stop his right to be heard, the right of society to the truth.
We believe that the procedural sabotage of the Pechersk Court related to the delay in sending cases to appeal will be stopped, and this practice of this court, along with the artificial delay in appointments by minimizing the specializations of the appellate judges, will also be the subject of discussion in high offices," Yosypov summed up.
Situation in the 155th Brigade
As a reminder, on 1 January 2025, Censor.NET editor-in-chief Yurii Butusov outlined a number of facts about the circumstances of the formation and functioning of the 155th mechanised brigade "Anne of Kyiv", which entered the battle near Pokrovsk and suffered significant losses there.
According to him, the 155th Brigade faced a number of problems: 1,700 soldiers left the brigade without permission before the first battle, the brigade commander was fired immediately after the battle, and one of the brigade's leaders died of a heart attack.
Butusov conducted a lengthy investigation to find out what exactly led to the significant losses among the brigade's personnel and equipment and the massive AWOL.
In October, the 155th Brigade left for training in France. 1924 servicemen were sent there, of whom only 51 had more than a year of military service, 459 had up to a year of experience, and the majority, 1414, had just enlisted and served for less than 2 months, about 150 were sent to France even without undergoing the BGMT. About 50 military from brigade fled to France.
The editor-in-chief of Censor.NET also reports that the brigade has not been provided with the necessary weapons. In particular, the brigade did not receive any drones from the state to perform combat missions. Also, according to Butusov, there were no electronic warfare systems. The brigade was supplied by volunteers.
In addition, all the 120 mm mortar shells produced by the Ministry of Strategic Industries that were issued to the brigade were faulty.
On 2 January, it became known that the State Bureau of Investigation had launched an investigation into mass AWOL in the 155th "Anne of Kyiv" Brigade following media reports. In turn, the French Ministry of Defence did not comment on the information that the 155th Anne of Kyiv Brigade, trained by the French armed forces, was the subject of an investigation in Ukraine.
Also in early January, the results of a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff regarding the 155th Brigade "Anne of Kyiv" were announced.
On 5 January, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi promised to increase the capabilities of the 155th Brigade and acknowledged that there were problems that needed to be addressed.
Censor.NET editor-in-chief Yurii Butusov said that the formation of new brigades without their support is a gross mistake that is costly for the country.
On 20 January 2025, the SSU detained the former commander of the 155th Brigade, Riumshyn.
On January 22, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of bail in the amount of UAH 90 million.
