A SVO participant from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was sentenced to 5 years for leaving a military unit

The Nalchik military court found 22-year-old Ibragim Khachimakhov guilty of evading service and sentenced him to 5 years in prison.

According to investigators, in November 2023, Khachimakhov voluntarily left the temporary deployment point of a military unit in the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine. He was put on the wanted list and in April 2024 he was taken to the military investigative department in Nalchik.

The defendant confirmed that he was “tired of serving in the difficult conditions of the SVO and wanted to rest.” He told his mother that he had been granted leave. Khachimakhov took part in a “special operation”, was wounded, received the Order of Courage, and is the father of a young child. However, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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