Mobilization
The Foreign Intelligence Service reports that the recruitment rate of contract soldiers in the Russian Federation has dropped to 800 people per day. To attract recruits, the Kremlin is increasing payments and writing off loans.
The head of the AntAC, Vitaliy Shabunin, has been discharged from the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to deteriorating vision. The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating proceedings regarding his possible draft evasion and fraud.
After the elections, the RF may start a general mobilization due to a shortage of contract soldiers. Reserves will be used for the war in Ukraine and to intimidate NATO countries.
In Uzhhorod, the head of an NGO and a former TCC official were exposed for selling summonses to obtain deferments. The cost of the service ranged from $800 to $2,000 per document.
In 2026, applicants are choosing management and law, although the market requires technical specialists. The Ministry of Education and Science has abolished motivational letters and updated the admission rules.
Law enforcement officers have uncovered several schemes to evade mobilization in various regions of Ukraine. Commanders, in exchange for bribes, transferred military personnel to the rear or struck them off the military register.
The SBI has completed its investigation into TCR officials who beat and tortured conscripts. One victim had an organ removed due to the injuries sustained.
The Ministry of Defense has introduced automatic extension of deferrals for 22 categories of citizens through registries. In case of system failures, applications are now accepted only at Administrative Service Centers (TsNAPs).
The SBI has exposed the head of a Probation Center department who demanded money to exempt an individual from mobilization. The suspect faces up to five years in prison.
Zhytomyr police detained a man who wounded two people with a knife. The perpetrator turned out to be a deserter; he faces a lengthy prison sentence.
A scheme for selling disability statuses for $2,000–$3,500 was exposed in Kropyvnytskyi. Cash totaling approximately 7 million hryvnias was seized from the suspects.
On May 18, the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people are honored, and reservists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are congratulated. Globally, Museum Day is observed and efforts to find an HIV vaccine are highlighted.
Russian industry is short of 1. 9 million specialists due to low wages and an aging workforce. A lack of investment is halting production automation.
Sandu believes that the Russian Federation simplified the issuance of passports in Transnistria to mobilize people for the war. Residents of the region are choosing Moldovan citizenship en masse.
Zelenskyy has instructed intelligence to prepare a response to the simplified issuance of Russian passports in Transnistria. He urged Moscow to take care of its own oil refineries and oil.
A court has sentenced a driver who, traveling at a speed of 134 km/h, struck servicemen at a checkpoint in Kyiv. One National Guard member died at the scene, while another sustained injuries.
Russia and Belarus are intensifying the militarization of youth through military training camps and digital surveillance. Over 50 billion rubles have already been spent on these measures.
Afghanistan plans to send workers to the Russian Federation due to a record labor shortage. The only obstacle to cooperation at this time remains the language barrier.
For an offensive on Kyiv, the Russian Federation needs 100,000 troops, which are currently not present in Belarus. Preparing such a force would take several months and would be noticeable to intelligence.
The SBI has served a notice of suspicion to a lawyer who swindled 18,000 euros by promising to bribe prosecutors. The suspect faces up to eight years in prison.
Fitness for service depends on the stage of the disease and complications. Only stage three with severe consequences grants the right to be removed from the military register.
Yuriy Kamelchuk reported the death of a man at a TCC based on anonymous sources. The Land Forces are verifying the information, but there is currently no confirmation.
A police official demanded $5,000 for non-interference in a business and for protecting a relative from the Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC). He was detained while receiving the bribe at a gas station in Kolomyia.
In Odesa, bystanders attempted to rescue a man detained for deserting a military unit. During the conflict, they damaged a service vehicle with a chain.
The court has ordered Oleksandr Dubinsky to be held in custody for 60 days without the possibility of bail. The Member of Parliament is suspected of high treason and the discredit of mobilization efforts.
The French President called the May 14 attack a manifestation of Russian hypocrisy and promised support. The President of Ukraine emphasized the importance of air defense systems for the security of all of Europe.
Over the past year and a half, 119 lawyers have received notices of suspicion, and 79 cases are already in court. As the Prosecutor General noted, this is not a fight against the legal profession, but a cleansing of the profession from those who use it as a cover.
Draft Law No. 15232 proposes the creation of a Unified Register of Mobilization Needs for transparent conscription. Citizens will be able to see the order of priority and mobilization requirements.
The former head of the MSEC was sentenced to 5 years in prison for extorting 5,000 dollars for disability status. The official's property will be confiscated by court order.
Parliament has passed a law on the military funeral ritual for service members declared dead by a court. Honors will be rendered even in the absence of the hero's body.