Bezugla: her friend’s brother was killed in the “Skala” regiment on the third day after training

Ukrainian Member of Parliament Maryana Bezugla has reported another death in the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skala.” This time the victim was the biological brother of her close friend.

Bezugla wrote about this on her social media.

“The biological brother of my friend, whom I have known for twenty years, was not hiding from mobilization. They did not try to ‘sort anything out,’ he completed basic training and ended up in ‘Skala.’ On the third day (!!!) after basic combined-arms training he disappeared without a trace. This happened very recently. What was the point? What did the state gain? The front? The defense? This is simply a senseless killing. There are hundreds, hundreds, hundreds of such cases in units like this,” the deputy wrote.

Bezugla also placed responsibility for what is happening on the country’s top leadership and law enforcement agencies.

“The president and the commander-in-chief know perfectly well what is happening there and how, as do the law enforcement agencies, in particular the State Bureau of Investigations. Everyone has been informed on multiple occasions. That is an obvious fact. Therefore their silence and inaction make them complicit,” Bezugla stated.

The State Bureau of Investigations previously announced the opening of an investigation into the regiment, prompted by media reports of torture and deaths of recruits. According to the publication, such methods are practiced in other units as well.