# Head of Mykolaiv draft office arrested on corruption charges

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- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-13 19:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/head-of-mykolaiv-draft-office-arrested-on-corruption-charges/

> Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said the head of the Mykolaiv regional draft office was detained for allegedly taking bribes to help men evade military service. Officers arrested him while he accepted a $10,000 installment; investigators documented $15,000 in payments tied to draft exemptions and reassignment from deployment.