The article says that Roman D. deserted during the vacation. Even before his departure from Ukraine, he repeatedly expressed a desire to be in a European prison, his former colleagues told reporters.
In Ukraine, the novel was given permission for a short vacation in January, because he said that he wanted to visit the mother who lives in the Czech Republic, the publication said. However, he never returned.
According to the former commander, the suspect often said that he wanted to kill someone in Norway in order to get to prison and there they would take care of him until the end of his life. He studied the laws of different countries to understand how to get a lifelong conclusion. However, his friends did not take his words about the prison seriously and laughed at it, the newspaper writes.
Journalists also reported that the novel from the village of Sartan in the Donetsk region, which is now occupied by an aggressor country in the Donetsk region. Therefore, the investigation arose that an attack with a knife could be part of the Russian operation. However, his colleagues reject this version, although they cannot completely exclude this.
The publication says that the man joined the ranks of the Ukrainian army before the mobilization of 2022. In 2019, he was sent to the artillery of the 503rd battalion, which took part, in particular, in the defense of Ugled and battles in the vicinity of Kherson. In 2023, he received a strong concussion from a grenade explosion. Then he was transferred to an administrative position.
The suspect will appear before the trial in early July.
Context
On March 26, the man attacked passers -by in Amsterdam. The police who arrived on the call discovered five wounded: an elderly couple of Americans (67 and 69 years old), a 26-year-old Pole, Belgian 73 years old and a 19-year-old local resident. The attacker was captured with the help of passers -by and detained, he was injured in his leg.
