TCR servicemen and police drag man by his legs from private yard in Prykarpattia: Lubinets responds. VIDEO
Law enforcement officers and TRC and SS servicemen carrying out mobilisation notification duties forcibly dragged a man out of a private yard in the village of Vovchynets in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets responded to the incident, while police ordered an internal review.
The Ombudsman’s Office and police reported this, according to Censor.NET.
What does Lubinets’s office say?
The statement says that, while monitoring media reports, Lubinets learned of an "egregious incident" involving the use of physical force and special equipment by people in police and military uniforms.
It refers to footage showing these individuals forcibly dragging an unidentified man by his legs on private property, using physical force against him and swearing.
The Ombudsman’s Office particularly stressed that the uniformed individuals "blatantly ignored the homeowner’s repeated demands to leave his property".
"Mobilisation measures do not give anyone the right to act outside the law," the Ombudsman’s Office stressed.
The office recalled that Article 30 of the Constitution guarantees the inviolability of a person’s home and other property, while Article 28 guarantees respect for human dignity and prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
"Human rights must be respected regardless of the circumstances or assigned official duties. Mobilisation must be carried out in accordance with the law, not through arbitrary actions!" the statement reads.
The ombudsman is asking law enforcement agencies to provide a proper legal assessment of the incident and examine all the circumstances.
Police account
According to Ivano-Frankivsk region police, the incident took place in the village of Vovchynets in the Ivano-Frankivsk community. Preliminary information indicates that police officers, as part of a mobilisation notification team alongside military recruitment centre servicemen, were carrying out notification duties.
Police claim that the man, who was riding a bicycle, saw an official vehicle and began fleeing. He ran through open gates into a construction site. Initially, he refused to provide his personal details. It was later established that he had violated military registration rules.
- Regional police leadership ordered an internal review, which will assess the officers’ actions. Police promised that, if violations are identified, immediate action will be taken against those responsible in accordance with the law.
