TCC and SP
Due to the acute shortage of "air-to-air" missiles, Ukrainian F-16s sometimes rely solely on guns. Weapons supplies are being rationed.
The EU approved €6. 1 billion in defense funding for Ukraine, including air defense. Member states also promised additional resources, but provided no details.
According to the ombudsman, a "turnkey" service exists in border regions, where TCC employees, for $50,000–70,000, transported people out of Ukraine. Information about the illegal removal of people who had already been mobilized is being verified.
Europe is recording an increase in Russia-linked acts of sabotage, espionage, and cyberattacks. However, there is no evidence of preparations for a direct attack on NATO.
The Ombudsman reported the alleged beating and torture of a man during mobilization measures in Kyiv. The State Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation.
In Ternopil, on August 25, people struck an official vehicle and injured Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center employees. Police are identifying the participants, assessing the damage, and establishing the circumstances.
The accused forged documents for Oleksandr Shalimov’s apartment and sold it for more than UAH 4. 8 million. The property has been seized.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s defense industry needs to scale up the production of drones and long-range systems. The President called for creating protection against Russian ballistic missiles.
The man who was taken to the Sykhiv Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center is alive and is in hospital after his health deteriorated. The center denied rumors about his death.
The 25-year-old Lviv resident stabbed the TCC serviceman three times and threatened a police officer. The serviceman died, and the attacker was notified of suspicion.
In Lviv, a 25-year-old man fatally wounded a 55-year-old TCC employee with a knife. A police officer wounded the attacker, who was detained.
Police detained a 36-year-old man in Kyiv who tried to flee during a document check. He was taken to the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center, and a report was drawn up.
In Odesa, a serviceman from the military enlistment office grabbed and beat a 13-year-old boy during a conflict. Police are investigating the assault; he faces up to five years in prison.
The head of the Mykolaiv Regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center is suspected of receiving $15,000. The court ordered his arrest with bail set at UAH 4.659 million.
Recruitment and Social Support Center officials in Zakarpattia, Ternopil region and Bukovyna entered false data into the "Oberih" register, inflating conscription figures. The fictitious entries included active-duty military personnel, a deceased person and a prisoner of war.
In Dnipro, the only guardian of a 17-year-old orphaned girl was mobilized and sent to a training ground. Ombudsman Lubinets is выясing the circumstances, as the girl was left without a legal representative.
Since the beginning of 2026, the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers have sent the police more than 1. 5 million requests to locate persons liable for military service. During the period of martial law, more than 20,000 criminal proceedings for evading mobilization have been investigated.
Soon, offenders in the United States may be detained using electroshock gloves. Human rights advocates fear that the technology could make it easier to use force without being noticed and create additional risks of abuse.
Ombudsman Lubinets reported that the driver did not have a deferment and was subject to mobilization. The evacuation of the families was continued by another driver, and an internal investigation is underway.
The former acting head of a district Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center in Kharkiv is suspected of unauthorized alteration of the data of 10 persons liable for military service in the "Oberih" register. A preventive measure in the form of detention with bail set at UAH 266,000 has been imposed on him.
In Mykolaiv region, the police and the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center detained a driver from the Kherson Red Cross unit who was evacuating civilians. Evacuation trips have been temporarily suspended, and the police have launched an internal investigation.
The SBI detained a senior lieutenant who, while intoxicated, assaulted a 45-year-old soldier at a TCC, injuring him. The officer was notified of suspicion of exceeding his authority under martial law.
A man with a legally valid deferment was detained and taken 140 km from his home. The Ombudsman reports threats involving weapons and coercion to undergo a military medical commission.
The driver of a Volkswagen Golf entered the oncoming lane, where they collided with a Peugeot.
The head of the Mykolaiv regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center was detained while receiving $10,000. In total, the receipt of $15 thousand in undue benefit was documented.
Law enforcement officers uncovered a scheme involving the fictitious employment of men as teachers at private lyceums for $10,000 in order to obtain a deferment. Five organizers have been notified of suspicion, and 21 men evaded conscription.
Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that the head of the Zakarpattia Regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center had been suspended after violations of human rights and corruption risks were documented. He also accused the former leadership of the Ministry of Defense of inaction.
The SBI has identified four more employees of a district TCR in Odesa region involved in unlawful detention and violence. The total number of suspects has risen to 13.
A military official in Lviv region signed orders to pay UAH 100,000 to servicemen who did not participate in battles. UAH 16 million was unjustifiably paid from the budget; he faces up to 8 years in prison.
The Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed procedural supervision in 71 criminal proceedings involving the heads of Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers. The amounts involved in the cases are not disclosed because they concern different units.