According to the statements of the conscript soldier, the commander allegedly did not beat him, but showed him fighting techniques. In turn, the person involved in the case explained that he had beaten the soldier for drunkenness.
After the scandal with the beating of a conscript soldier in a training center in the village of Guyva, Zhytomyr region, the victim recorded a video message and asked the commander of the 2nd platoon of the security company, Lieutenant Viktor Vitusevich, who subjected him to beatings. New video appeared in social networks.
According to the soldier, the commander allegedly did not beat him, but showed him fighting techniques.
“I would like to ask that no one slander Viktor Vitusevich, it was a joke. He just showed me a technique, a power technique. Nobody beat me, nobody mocked him. named after Bogdan.
The video of the commander beating a conscript was published on March 11. The junior lieutenant explained that he used punches and kicks because the soldier was intoxicated.
Later, a recording appeared on which the offender apologized and declared his readiness to bear responsibility for what he had done.
Representatives of the training center explained that they were conducting an internal investigation and promised that all those responsible for beating the soldier would be punished. Those involved in the incident were suspended from their duties during the investigation.
Earlier, Focus reported that the State Bureau of Investigation initiated a pre-trial investigation in connection with the incident. The commander of a platoon of the 190th training center can be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 to 12 years.
