The Kyiv Court docket of Attraction has launched Lieutenant Common Artur Horbenko from a detention facility and positioned him beneath home arrest till March 20, on-line newspaper Ukrainian Pravda reported on Feb. 27, citing his lawyer Maksym Tkhorivsky.
Horbenko, together with Common Yurii Halushkin and Colonel Illia Lapin, was arrested on Jan. 21 on expenses of mismanaging Ukraine's protection in Kharkiv Oblast throughout Russia's cross-border offensive in Could 2024.
Horbenko is suspected of negligence in navy service.
The Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) accused the three officers of failing to correctly fortify the area and use all out there assets to repel Russian forces.
Russia's offensive into northeastern Kharkiv Oblast noticed speedy advances of a number of kilometers, prompting criticism of navy and regional management for insufficient defensive preparations.
Though Ukrainian forces ultimately stalled the Russian advance roughly 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Kharkiv, the preliminary breach raised considerations over strategic failures.
Halushkin was accused of assigning insufficient defensive positions to the a hundred and twenty fifth Territorial Protection Brigade, which was beneath Horbenko's command, and failing to supply ample artillery and air assist.
Whereas Horbenko will stay beneath home arrest, the standing of the opposite detained officers stays unchanged.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova