The man of 2022 withdrew from military registration and categorically refused mobilization: how did it end

The defendant's lawyer asked not to punish the man.

In Lviv, a man who categorically refused to be mobilized was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

This is stated in the verdict of the Lviv Court of Appeal.

According to the court, the resident of Lviv region refused to be mobilized as early as 2022. The first-instance court sentenced him to 2 years of probation, but the prosecutor's office appealed this ruling.

The case materials state that “when releasing the accused from serving his sentence, the court of first instance did not take into account that he did not admit guilt, his actions lacked mitigating circumstances, in particular, sincere remorse. He draws attention to the fact that that the evasion of military service during mobilization poses a threat to the security of the state in the field of defense and leads to failure to ensure the state's defense capability. Believes that…