Prosecutors in the Kyiv region have charged twin brothers, doctors at medical institutions in Kyiv and Mykolaiv, with organizing a scheme to illegally send men abroad by registering fictitious disabilities.
This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office on May 22.
According to the investigation, the doctors promised to “resolve the issue” through connections in medical expert commissions. For money, they were supposed to ensure that false data was entered into medical documents and a disability group was established without legal grounds. This made it possible to travel outside Ukraine during martial law.
The suspects asked for between 18,000 and 20,000 US dollars for their services. The money was transferred in installments — in advance and after the documents were processed, the prosecutor's office said.
“In March 2026, a doctor from the capital received the first tranche of 3 thousand US dollars, when the next part of the money was being transferred, law enforcement officers detained both brothers. During a search of the doctor from Mykolaiv, the previously received funds were seized,” the UCP said in a statement.
Law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the crime and the circle of people who could have taken advantage of the scheme.
The doctors are charged with: Part 3 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – facilitating the illegal smuggling of persons across the state border of Ukraine; Part 2 of Article 28, Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – receiving unlawful benefit for influencing a decision, combined with extortion, committed by a group of persons in a prior conspiracy. The most severe sanction of the articles provides for up to 9 years of imprisonment.
The court remanded the suspects in custody with bail set at 266,000 hryvnias.
In April, it was reported that law enforcement officers in the Kyiv region detained a couple suspected of organizing a mobilization evasion scheme. According to the case materials, they offered conscripts a fictitious diagnosis and disability group II for money. The couple estimated their “services” at 20 thousand US dollars.