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In the backdrop of Ukraine's ongoing challenges, invalidity has emerged as a critical concern within the legal and health sectors. The prosecutor’s office is undergoing scrutiny, with 348 prosecutors with disabilities being referred to the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors. Amidst controversies, only a few dismissals have taken place. Meanwhile, Ukraine is enhancing measures for POWs, allowing them to receive disability status and state support. Fraudulent claims are also under investigation, with schemes involving the issuance of fake disabilities surfacing. These developments highlight significant implications for Ukraine's justice and healthcare systems.

What are the current issues regarding invalidity in Ukraine?

Ukraine is facing challenges in addressing invalidity, particularly in the legal and healthcare systems. Instances of fake disability claims among prosecutors and healthcare fraud have been uncovered, prompting extensive reviews and dismissals. Special initiatives to support former POWs with rightful disability status are also underway, highlighting systemic issues that require urgent attention and reform.

How is the Ukrainian government addressing disability fraud?

The Ukrainian government is actively investigating cases of disability fraud, especially within the prosecution and healthcare sectors. Recent efforts include referring prosecutors with questionable disability status to review commissions and uncovering fraudulent disability schemes. These measures aim to uphold integrity and ensure that disability benefits reach those genuinely in need.

What support is available for former POWs in Ukraine regarding disability?

In an effort to support former prisoners of war (POWs), Ukraine has implemented policies allowing these individuals to obtain disability status and state aid. This initiative aims to provide necessary assistance to those who have endured significant hardships during detainment, facilitating their reintegration and recovery process.

What steps are being taken to verify disability claims among Ukrainian prosecutors?

To ensure the integrity of disability claims among prosecutors, Ukrainian authorities have initiated reviews led by the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors. These steps include examining the authenticity of disability certifications and addressing any fraudulent claims, thereby maintaining the credibility of the legal system.

How are fraudulent disability claims impacting Ukraine's healthcare system?

Fraudulent disability claims are placing a strain on Ukraine's healthcare system by diverting resources meant for genuinely disabled individuals. The exposure of fake disability schemes has led to increased scrutiny and regulatory measures, as authorities work to rectify these discrepancies and ensure that healthcare support is appropriately allocated.

What recent reforms have been made to disability policies in Ukraine?

Recent reforms in Ukraine’s disability policies include improved procedures for establishing the connection between disability and military injuries. The government has also focused on verifying the validity of disability certificates and facilitating aid for legitimate cases. These reforms aim to enhance transparency and ensure adequate support for those affected by disability.

Are there any notable disability-related initiatives targeting war-affected individuals in Ukraine?

Yes, Ukraine has introduced specific initiatives to assist individuals affected by war, such as former POWs. These initiatives enable war-affected individuals to gain disability status and receive state support, addressing their unique needs in the aftermath of conflict and aiding in their recovery and integration.

What challenges persist in handling disability matters within Ukraine's regions?

Handling disability matters in Ukraine's regions is met with challenges such as fraud in disability certification, insufficient regulatory oversight, and the need for comprehensive reviews. These ongoing issues highlight the necessity for systemic reforms to ensure fair and accurate disability determinations across all regions.

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A 10-year-old boy has been taking care of his two brothers with disabilities for over a year 10-year-old boy has been taking care of his two brothers with serious genetic disease in Donetsk region on his own for over year, - prosecutor’s office A 10-year-old boy in Donetsk region has been taking care of his two 13-year-old brothers who are bedridden for over a year. 6 235 42

General Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko 348 prosecutors with disabilities to be referred to QDCP. No indulgences – Kravchenko General Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko has decided to refer prosecutors with disability status to the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors (QDCP) for review. Currently, there are 348 such individuals remaining in the prosecution bodies. 8 018 30 Previously in trend: Fake disability Fake disability among prosecutors

"Hero of SMO" taking a selfie in front of a mirror Amputee occupier threatens revenge: "Khokhol who took my legs, I’ll be flying up your ass on your FPV. You f#cking devil!. VIDEO A video has been published online in which an amputee occupier threatens to take revenge on the Ukrainian drone operator who wounded him. 17 669 93 Previously in trend: Drones against occupiers

Former head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional MSEC is served a notice of suspicion 445 MSEC’s decisions on establishing disability for officials have been cancelled. Inspection is ongoing - Ministry of Health 445 decisions of the MSEC on establishing disability for officials were cancelled. The inspections are currently ongoing. 13 123 26 Previously in trend: MSEC’s decision on fictitious disability

16 prosecutors with fake disabilities dismissed in Khmelnytskyi region 16 prosecutors with disabilities dismissed in Khmelnytskyi, 47 still hold positions – media Only 16 prosecutors with disabilities have been dismissed from the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office following a scandal involving mass issuance of medical certificates with allegedly fake diagnoses. 2 626 24 Previously in trend: Fake disability

Cripple unit of Russian army is preparing for combat mission Cripple unit of Russian army is being prepared for combat mission: "Category ’D’ - they send everyone: without arms, legs, on crutches, blind disabled, f#ck". VIDEO A video showing a Russian cripple unit preparing for combat missions was published online. 16 077 55 Previously in trend: Destruction of the occupiers

bribe Extorted $500 from wounded serviceman for granting disability: traumatologist detained in Kramatorsk. PHOTO In Kramatorsk, a traumatologist who demanded a bribe from a serviceman for assigning a disability group was exposed. 1 692 11 Previously in trend: bribe-taking doctors

captivity, torture Former POWs will be able to receive disability status and state support - Ministry of Health In Ukraine, people who survived illegal detention and torture during the war will now be able to receive disability status and appropriate state aid. 793 4

one-legged occupier One-legged Russian soldier complains about barrier-free access in dugout: "Step is about 50 centimetres, and then to right down another 10. It’s quite quest". VIDEO A video of a Russian soldier with one leg talking about the problems of moving around in a dugout was posted online. 5 593 18

Military Medical Commission Cabinet of Ministers has banned referral of persons with disabilities to MMC The Cabinet of Ministers has imposed a ban on referring persons with disabilities to the Military Medical Commission (MMC) for medical examinations. 7 369 17

Prosecutors with disabilities in Khmelnytskyi region. Results of audit Out of 78 prosecutors in Khmelnytskyi region, only one has disability confirmed, 55 more to be examined - Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health checked the medical records of prosecutors in Khmelnytskyi region. Currently, out of 78 prosecutors in the region, six are not recognised as persons with disabilities. 14 875 90

KCSA official with disability Deputy director of KCSA department received disability by forging medical documents - Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO The first deputy director of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Kyiv City State Administration was served a notice of suspicion of forgery and use of knowingly forged medical documents (Part 1, 3, 4 Art. 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The official forged documents to obtain disability. 2 729 8

Fictitious marriage to woman with a disability. Scheme to evade mobilisation exposed Fictitious marriage with woman with disabilities: scheme to evade mobilisation exposed in Kyiv region. PHOTOS In Kyiv region, a scheme to avoid mobilisation was exposed and two of its participants were detained. 2 489 20

Prosecutors with disabilities in Khmelnytskyi region Only 3 prosecutors in Khmelnytskyi region have had their disability confirmed, 56 have not been checked in 2 months - Ariev The Ministry of Health is conducting an inspection of prosecutors in the Khmelnytskyi region who have disabilities. Within 2 months, only 3 of them have been confirmed as persons with disabilities. 57 639 42

Віктор Ляшко про ліквідацію МСЕК MSECs transfer unfinished cases of disability to expert commissions in medical institutions, - Liashko Medical and social commissions will transfer disability cases that were not closed by January 1, 2025, to expert commissions in hospitals. 1 803 12

How many prosecutors with disabilities were dismissed Only 5 out of more than half thousand prosecutors with disabilities were fired - Shabunin Only 5 prosecutors with disabilities were dismissed after the inspections. 65 755 75

Head of KCSA Department Ruslan Svitlyi registered a fictitious disability Director of KCSA Department Svitlyi registered fake disability and received UAH 300 thousand pension - SSU. PHOTOS Law enforcement officers exposed the Director of the Department of Social and Veteran Policy of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA), who unreasonably issued himself a fictitious 2nd disability group. The official was served a notice of suspicion. 6 341 48

Fraud with disability: two prosecutors and two MSEC officials suspected Illegally received disability: two prosecutors and two MSEC officials suspected. PHOTOS Two district prosecutors and two MSEC officials are suspected of fraud and forgery. 16 831 23

Prosecutor Oleksii Oliinyk Former head of Khmelnytskyi regional prosecutor’s office Oliinyk continues to work as prosecutor after disability scandal - AntAC The former head of the Khmelnytskyi Prosecutor's Office, Oleksii Oliinyk, who resigned amid the disability scandal, continues to work as a prosecutor, having been appointed to the position of a prosecutor in the regional prosecutor's office. 11 288 47

Corruption scheme with fake disability certificates among prosecutors Up to 10% of all prosecutors in Ukraine have status of people with disabilities. DOCUMENT As of November 2024, 524 prosecutors in Ukraine are officially persons with disabilities, but there are no heads of regional prosecutor's offices among them. 4 328 43

хабар, викриття Cost of "service" is $3,000: in Zaporizhzhia, employees of MSEC and private clinic who issued "disability" to men were exposed. PHOTOS In Zaporizhzhia, law enforcement officers exposed employees of a private clinic and a medical and social commission who were issuing fake disabilities to men of military age for money. The cost of the "service" was three thousand dollars. 2 006 7

Інвалідність у чиновників: перевірять 1 695 посадовців Almost 1.7 thousand officials will have their disability decisions checked by MSEC - Healthcare Ministry Almost 1700 officials will be checked for the validity of their disability. 2 002 20

Директор НАБУ Кривонос розповів про деталі розслідування справи керівниці Хмельницької МСЕК Тетяни Крупи NABU investigates fictitious disabilities of officials in case of ex-head of Khmelnytskyi MSEC Krupa - Kryvonos The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is investigating how the funds found in the possession of Tetiana Krupa, the former head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC, were obtained, as well as who was involved in the illegal scheme and how these people received disabilities. All fictitious disabilities are being investigated within the framework of one criminal proceeding. 25 068 23 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Офіс Генпрокурора проводить обшуки в обласних МСЕК, лікарнях та прокуратурах за фактом Зловживання під час отримання інвалідності Abuse while receiving disability: Searches are being conducted in regional MSECs, hospitals and prosecutors’ offices - Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTOS As part of the investigation into the facts of unlawful receiving of disability, officials, including prosecutors, are conducting searches of employees of medical and social expert commissions (MSECs), medical institutions where illegal certificates and decisions may have been issued, as well as prosecutors' offices in several regions of Ukraine. 4 903 16

Прокуратура Одеської області 58 employees of Odesa region’s prosecutor’s office have disabilities - social activist Hanul Odesa social activist Demian Hanul has published a list of employees of the Odesa regional prosecutor's office who have disabilities. The list includes 58 people. 39 336 87

Лікарям з Рівного оголосили підозру за фальшування діагнозів для інвалідності Fake disability scheme: four more doctors from Rivne are suspected. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of the Rivne Regional Prosecutor's Office, 4 doctors were served a notice of suspicion of forgery of documents by a group of persons (Article 366(1), Article 358(3) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). 3 594 10

Інвалідність у рядових силовиків перевіряють All facts of granting disability to rank-and-file employees of law enforcement bodies are being checked - Klymenko Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that all cases of disability for law enforcement officers are currently being checked. 11 502 21

У Чернівецькій облпрокуратурі працюють 2 прокурори з інвалідністю Two prosecutors with disabilities work in Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor’s Office. DOCUMENT Two prosecutors with disabilities work in the prosecutor's office of Chernivtsi region. 9 588 18

В облпрокуратурі Рівненщини працюють 6 осіб з інвалідністю 6 prosecutors with disabilities work in Rivne Regional Prosecutor’s Office. DOCUMENT The Prosecutor's Office of Rivne region employs 6 people with disabilities as prosecutors. 2 637 33

5 працівників Миколаївської облпрокуратури отримують пенсії по інвалідності In Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, 5 employees receive disability pensions. DOCUMENT In the prosecutor's office of Mykolaiv region, 5 employees receive a disability pension. 7 024 6

ДБР викрило в одеському обласному МСЕК багатомільйонну схему заробітку на встановленні фіктивної інвалідності військовозобов’язаним In Odesa, doctor, together with officials of MSEC, earned money on establishing fictitious disability for servicemen: more than $80 thousand in cash was seized. PHOTOS SBI officers exposed an organised group of doctors who helped healthy men of conscription age obtain medical documents that allowed the MSEC to declare them unfit for service. Law enforcement officers detained the doctor who organised the criminal scheme. 3 751 14

12 прокурорів Харківщини отримують пенсію по інвалідності 12 prosecutors receive disability pension in Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. DOCUMENT In the prosecutor's office of Kharkiv region, 12 prosecutors receive a disability pension. 1 632 8

Донецька обласна прокуратура 25 prosecutors of Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office receive pensions as persons with disabilities. DOCUMENT There are 25 prosecutors with disabilities working in the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk region. 11 503 26

Запорізька обласна прокуратура Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office refuses to disclose number of prosecutors with disabilities. DOCUMENT The Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office did not provide information on the number of working prosecutors with disabilities. 8 613 62

Кіровоградська обласна прокуратура 16 prosecutors with disabilities work in Kirovohrad region’s prosecutor’s office. DOCUMENT There are 16 prosecutors with disabilities working in the Kirovohrad Regional Prosecutor's Office. 16 513 25

Херсонської обласної прокуратури In Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office, 2 employees receive disability pension. DOCUMENT The Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that 1 prosecutor and 1 civil servant receive a disability pension. 3 080 18

Прокурори з інвалідністю в Київській міській прокуратурі 20 prosecutors in Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office have second and third disability groups In the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, 13 prosecutors have the third group of disability, and 7 prosecutors have the second group. 9 396 27

Львівська митниця 8% of Lviv customs officers have disability certificates Lviv Customs employs about 100 people with disabilities. This is 8% of all customs officers in Lviv region. It is not known how many of them became disabled after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. In total, Lviv Customs has 1255 employees. 6 266 30

Бутусов про корупцію в МСЕК та прокурорів з інвалідністю NSDC on MSEC and prosecutors "with disabilities" | Yurii Butusov. VIDEO Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov will comment live on the NSDC meeting on the situation with corruption in the MSEC and the large number of prosecutors with "disabilities". 9 275 32

ДБР Working group to be set up to verify diagnoses of officials, fake disability will be subject to criminal liability - SBI If the inspection confirms that the official has issued a fake disability, this will be the basis for opening criminal proceedings. 9 798 82

Військовий пропонував оформити інвалідність для звільнення з армії For 10 thousand dollars, he promised to help to obtain disability - military man exposed in Lviv region. PHOTO In Lviv region, a platoon commander of a military unit was exposed who promised to help those wishing to leave the army to obtain disability in exchange for $10,000. 1 753 4

Олексій Олійник Head of Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor’s Office Oliinyk resigns voluntarily - Prosecutor General’s Office By order of Prosecutor General Oleksii Oliinyk, the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office was dismissed from the administrative post of his own accord. 17 156 104

Змінено процедуру отримання статусу особи з інвалідністю внаслідок війни Government has improved procedure for obtaining status of person with disability as result of war The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has amended the "Procedure for establishing the relationship between disability and injuries or other health damage" (CMU Resolution No. 306). 1 713 6

50 прокурорів отримали інвалідність Internal investigation to be conducted into disability of 50 prosecutors in Khmelnytskyi region - Prosecutor General’s Office The Office of the Prosecutor General will conduct an internal investigation into the disability of 50 prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office. 16 783 84

Голова МСЕК на Київщині допомагав ухилянтам Head of Interdistrict MSEC in Kyiv region, who assisted evaders in obtaining disability group, will be brought to trial. PHOTOS The head of the interregional medical and social expert commission in Kyiv region assisted citizens in evading military service during mobilisation. 4 762 26

протезування у росії In Russian hospital, crippled occupier was prosthetized with plastic bottles and adhesive tape. VIDEO In a Russian hospital, the crippled occupier was fitted with prosthetic legs made of plastic bottles and adhesive tape. 17 615 59 Previously in trend: War

Жінку із окупованої частини Запорізької області вивезли на підконтрольну територію She was unable to leave due to health problems: Woman was returned from occupation in Zaporizhzhia.. PHOTOS A woman was returned from the temporarily occupied territories who was unable to travel to the territory controlled by Ukraine due to health problems. 1 627 0 Previously in trend: War

Чому ТЦК не бачить дані про інвалідність в реєстрі "Оберіг"? Відповідь Мінсоцполітики TCR does not see data on persons with disabilities who have right to deferment in Oberih register - Ministry of Social Policy At present, due to the lack of funding for information interaction between the Unified Register "Oberih" and the Ministry of Social Policy, the function of automatic granting and prolongation of deferment for persons with disabilities has not been implemented. 25 510 24

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