In Perm, a military man was sent to a colony, who was wounded and, after being discharged from the hospital, went on vacation to Krasnodar

The Perm Garrison Military Court sentenced contract soldier Alexei Opalev to two years in a general regime colony, who, after being wounded and treated, did not return to the military unit. this . reported The press service of the court

The military man signed the contract in June 2022, was soon wounded and was hospitalized in a military hospital in August-September. After his discharge, Opalev, “wanting a break from military service,” went to Krasnodar, and then to the Kirov region.

In October, a contract soldier arrived at the military commissariat of the Kirov region and said that “he had no valid reasons for absence from military service, there were no difficult life circumstances” (Part 3.1 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code).

The court report does not say where exactly the soldier was wounded. In the spring and summer of 2022, before the announcement of mobilization, the Ministry of Defense actively invited Russians to enter into a short-term contract with the army and go to Ukraine. “Mediazona” told the stories of volunteers who were sent to the front without preparation.

It is also unknown in which unit Opalev served. The verdict in his case has not yet been published on the court's website.

In total, the Perm Garrison Military Court has received 25 cases under the article on abandoning a unit since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and a verdict was passed on 20 of them. two years in prison there was assigned In January , another contract soldier , who, a few days before the announcement of mobilization, left his unit for home in Solikamsk. Most of the remaining convicts were given suspended sentences and fines.