Mobilization
The SBI has launched an operation in 21 proceedings and plans to notify 22 individuals of suspicion. Investigative actions are ongoing in various regions of Ukraine.
Kim Yo Jong called Zelenskyy's statement about the possible deployment of 50,000 troops to Russia groundless. In 2024, North Korea sent approximately 14,000 military personnel.
The Ministry of Defense explained the composition of payments to military personnel in 2026 and the rewards for combat missions. Monthly combat payments are capped at UAH 460 thousand.
The SBI detained a medic while she was receiving USD 12,000 for surgery on a healthy spine and a Military Medical Commission conclusion to secure discharge from service. Currency worth UAH 6.8 million was found in the apartment.
Switzerland has extended S status until March 2028, but excluded from the program Ukrainians who do not fulfill their military duty.
The defense and foreign ministers outlined their priorities: strengthening the military, developing the defense industry, and pursuing diplomacy for the sake of a just peace.
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.
Law No. 13704-d guarantees payments, treatment, rehabilitation, and the freedom to choose a prosthetist. The government must develop procedures and an amputation prevention program.
The Cabinet's program of activities provides for improving military registration and the remuneration system. It is also planned to raise €60 billion to purchase weapons.
The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a program of activities to the Verkhovna Rada, which envisages opening all negotiation clusters with the EU during 2026–2027 and being ready to close them in 2027.
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.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine published the details of individuals who taught children in the temporarily occupied territories how to handle weapons and drones. The aim is to destroy Ukrainian identity and prepare them for war.
Military expert Yevhenii Silverstov said that the Armed Forces lack a requirements management system, which is slowing down defense procurement. This has led to delays in transmitting tactical and technical specifications to the Defense Procurement Agency.
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.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called rumors about the mandatory presentation of "Reserve+" for 18-year-old Ukrainian women in the EU manipulative. The ministry confirmed isolated requests for information due to the EU's new rules.
The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council stated that information about the mandatory presentation of «Rezerv+» by 18-year-old Ukrainian women seeking temporary protection in the EU is manipulative. The rule applies only to applicants with a current military obligation after July 31, 2026.
Over the past day, there were 233 combat engagements at the front, most of them in the Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk directions. The enemy carried out 71 airstrikes, deployed 10,626 kamikaze drones, and conducted 3,042 shellings.
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 Cabinet of Ministers has allowed destroyed enemy equipment to be transferred to foreign museums free of charge. Museums in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, and the Netherlands will each receive one T-72 tank of different modifications.
The occupation authorities have registered at least 2,700 residents of Kherson region for military service, and some have already been drafted into the Russian army. Six officials involved in this were notified in absentia that they are suspected of criminal wrongdoing.
Ukrainian men aged 23 to 60 who arrive in Germany after July 31, 2026, will no longer receive temporary protection. The only exception is for those who have fulfilled their military service obligation or have legal grounds to leave.
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.
Starting September 1, 2026, the salary requirement for reserved employees in Ukraine will increase to three minimum wages. Employees working concurrently and persons with another deferment will be counted at only one place of employment.
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.
During the Combined Resolve exercises in Germany, Ukrainian drone operators from the 412th Nemesis Regiment defeated American troops. A NATO general called the changes impressive after the joint training.
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.
Polish Deputy Minister Maciej Duszczyk said that Ukrainians are filling the labor shortage and that without them the economy would have ground to a halt. He criticized the deportation of unemployed Ukrainians, calling it ineffective.