Cynicism of the MP: Maryana Bezuhla claimed that the Kyiv resident killed in a missile strike was “dodging the army” and “karma caught up with him”

Ukrainian MP Maryana Bezuhla made a shocking statement on her Telegram channel regarding the death of 31-year-old Dmytro Isayenko, who was killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv during the night of June 17.

Instead of offering words of support to the victim’s family, Bezuhla accused him of draft dodging, accompanied by the remark: “He dodged the army, but karma.”

Her conclusion was based solely on the fact that the 31-year-old man was a first-year student at a pedagogical university. There was no evidence, no confirmed information—just assumptions and condemnation.

The response to her heartless statement was immediate. Public outrage is growing over the fact that a lawmaker dares to categorize Ukrainians into “worthy” and “unworthy” victims, drawing a line between civilians and soldiers and further polarizing an already strained wartime society.

“Sorry, I’m on the side of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers whose rights no one really cares about. They die every day, partly because of stupid decisions—but silence. They need to be replaced, supported, sent to the army, but… Of course, condolences to the loved ones. I’m breaking the silence—during war, we need a new social contract. Just look at how many healthy thirty-year-old men there are. And who’s been fighting for four years already? Society isn’t interested in service terms, so this issue fades away. It’s not fair. And women? We should have long since introduced mobilization for defense industry and rear positions. You can’t win a war half-heartedly,” the MP wrote.

In her later posts, Bezuhla attempted to justify herself, shifting focus to the unfair treatment of military personnel and proposing broader mobilization, including for women. However, her original statement came across as a judgmental verdict on a dead man who cannot defend himself.

Such rhetoric from a public official raises ever more serious questions: where is the limit of human and political cynicism, and isn’t it time to remind elected representatives that their duty is to protect citizens—not to judge them after death?