Roman Chervinsky, a former military officer of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense and the Special Operations Forces, has had his term of detention extended for another two months. About this writes hromadske with reference to the statement of his lawyer Ludmila Kusa.
She reported that on April 22, the suspect’s lawyers received a decision of the Kirovohrad District Court informing them of the transfer of Chervinsky to the Kirovohrad pre-trial detention center. However, the lawyers have no confirmation of whether he is really there.
The case of Chervinskyi, who was detained last year, is at the stage of a preparatory court hearing. On April 19, his term of detention coincided, and the prosecutor’s office asked him to extend it.
According to the lawyer, the court planned four sessions at once to consider the complaint and petition. The lawyers came to all of them, but on April 19, when the fourth session was supposed to take place, they did not have time to return to the court in time after the air raid.
While writes “Society”, the meeting lasted only three minutes. At it, the prosecutor announced a request to extend the term of detention, and the court announced a break.
“The court left for itself, said: well, we are adjourning. And left. The court did not announce any conference room, nothing. Then it was already written in the decision that they went to the conference room based on the result,” the lawyer said.
According to Chervinsky’s other lawyer, Viktor Vasylyuk, since the term of detention was valid until the end of the day on April 19, the court had until midnight to approve its extension.
The case of Roman Chervinskyi
Roman Chervinskyi – former acting head of state. the commander of one of the units of the Special Operations Forces. On April 21, 2023, the SBU said that they had declared suspicion against a military officer whose actions allegedly led to casualties and the destruction of equipment after the shelling of the Kanatove airfield in the Kirovohrad region. The serviceman is charged with violation of Part 5 of Art. 426-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – abuse of power or official authority by a military official.
According to the investigation, Chervinsky allegedly arbitrarily decided to conduct a special operation and seize an enemy plane. A Russian pilot was recruited for this. The head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, claims that the operation was not approved by the state authorities, as it “concealed many risks.”
In November 2023, an American newspaper wrote that Chervinskyi may be involved in the undermining of the Nord Stream gas pipelines – sabotage, participation in which Ukraine officially rejects. The press did not provide evidence and referred to anonymous sources. Chervinsky denies these accusations. Chervinsky himself considers the criminal case against him to be politically motivated. In his opinion, the investigation may be related to the fact that he spoke in 2021 about the failure of the operation with the Wagnerites.
