Overview
- Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation detained Roman Dudin as he tried to leave custody after paying more than 4.2 million hryvnias in bail, according to the DBR and the Prosecutor General’s Office.
- The new suspicion alleges he organized the illegal seizure of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration building and attempted to remove its leadership in the first hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
- Prosecutors say the actions jeopardized the continuous functioning of state authorities during martial law, and a conviction would carry five to ten years in prison with possible asset confiscation.
- Dudin remains on trial in a separate treason case sent to court in July 2023; he has pleaded not guilty and describes the proceedings as political.
- A court will consider a new preventive measure following his re-detention, while his lawyer argues the fresh suspicion duplicates issues already examined in the treason case.