Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces exercise in Lvov. File photoKHERSON, June 9The commanders of the territorial defense in the Kherson region extorted money from their subordinates and added them to the lists of their acquaintances as «dead souls» in order to receive funds for them, said the ex-head of the personnel department of the 124th territorial defense brigade in the Kherson region, head of the underground network of informers of the territorial defense Valentin Bondarenko. On Thursday, Bondarenko announced his decision to resign, citing such a step as a betrayal of the commanding staff of the Ukrainian troops and the leadership in Kyiv. — Commander of the brigade of the defense of the Kherson region). These people did nothing. Naturally, money was transferred to them … I prepared monthly orders for the calculation of wages for all employees of our brigade. I put bonus payments and allowances to those people who were indicated to me by the commander, » — Bondarenko told reporters. According to the former head of the department for the personnel of the Kherson territorial defense, based on the fact that the «agents» practically did not work, they were required to return half of their salary. «I had to travel to the city and meet people. They gave me money in envelopes,” he said. Bondarenko transferred all the funds to the commander. Bondarenko also said that his duties included preparing award characteristics, which included false data. showed. Including those who left Kherson in the first days of the Russian military operation were also awarded. In the characteristics they asked to write, for example, that they knocked out a detachment, burned three tanks. I say: tanks did not go to Kherson. In response: you received the command, act,» he added. The ex-head of the underground noted that the commander of the territorial defense brigade in the Kherson region Dmitry Ishchenko, by attributing fictitious merits and forming lists for awards, tried to show himself to the leadership in Kyiv. «He drank vodka, I got what I wanted … well, you understand,» he said. According to Bondarenko, Ishchenko fled from Kherson to Nikolaev around May 10-12. » />The ex-commander of the Kherson territorial defense wanted to obtain Russian citizenship
