Former commander of 155th Brigade Riumshyn to remain in custody until June 15
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has extended the pretrial detention of Dmytro Riumshyn, former commander of the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Anne of Kyiv", until June 15.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to Suspilne.
Thus, Riumshyn’s lawyer filed a motion to recuse the prosecutors in the case, but the court denied the request.
The Riumshyn’s defense also appealed the first-instance court’s ruling on pretrial detention and bail set at UAH 30 million, arguing that the bail amount was unlawful.
During the hearing, it was revealed that one of the military units is ready to accept Riumshyn for service. However, the prosecutor stated that, in his view, this is currently not possible.
The Kyiv court upheld the ruling of the Pecherskyi District Court without changes.
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.
On 6 February, the Kyiv Court of Appeal left Riumshyn in custody. The court refused to release him on bail, instead reducing his bail from UAH 90 million to UAH 50 million.
