A sapper put illegal Armed Forces of Ukraine license plates on his Tesla to avoid fines
In Khmelnytskyi, a driver was fined; officials’ involvement in the territorial recruitment center was not confirmed
A combat unit sapper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received an administrative fine in Khmelnytskyi after his Tesla Model Y bearing military license plates was inspected. The driver admitted that he had bought the plates through social media, hoping to avoid automated speeding enforcement.
The inspection was prompted by the car’s appearance near a territorial recruitment and social support center (TRC and SP). Photos of the vehicle sparked discussion on social media.
The Military Law and Order Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (MLOS) located the vehicle and detained it to establish the circumstances. The driver was an active service member—a soldier born in 1990 who serves as a sapper in a combat unit.
The man said he had bought the car on the secondary market. According to him, he paid for the Tesla with his own money, including payments he received for participating in combat operations.
The Khmelnytskyi Regional Patrol Police drew up reports concerning the violations found:
- use of illegally installed Armed Forces of Ukraine license plates—the MLOS confirmed that they had been installed unlawfully;
- failure to have the vehicle’s registration documents.
The service member admitted that his actions were unlawful and expressed remorse. After reviewing the case, he was held administratively liable under Part 2 of Article 126 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses and fined.
The involvement of TRC and SP officials with the vehicle was not confirmed.
It was also emphasized that military service and achievements do not exempt anyone from the obligation to comply with the law. A call was also made not to spread unverified information and to distinguish established facts from assumptions.
Previously, we wrote:
- Police plates on a civilian car: a violator was found and fined in Mykolaiv
- Across the border under the guise of a “prosecutor”: a new scheme to help conscription-age men flee uncovered
- Brake or don’t brake, a fine is coming: new cameras will calculate your average speed
- Patrol officers stopped a car with illegal special signals: the driver’s explanation
- In Odesa region, a police chief drove around for a year in robbers’ seized car
