Mobilization
According to the General Staff, Russian forces' casualties have reached 1,460,400 personnel. Moscow is more actively recruiting foreigners and may conscript up to another 500,000 in the autumn.
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.
After visiting the Coordination Headquarters, Laura Loomer urged Russian military personnel and mercenaries to surrender through the "I Want to Live" project. She emphasized that Russia deceives foreigners into recruiting them for "meat assaults."
The National Guard major was transporting three conscription-age men from Zaporizhzhia to the border with Slovakia for $6,000. He was detained at a checkpoint in Lviv region when one of the passengers turned out to be wanted.
According to an IBRiS poll, 67% of respondents in Poland support the deportation of Ukrainian men of conscription age who do not work legally. This idea has the greatest support among right-wing voters, particularly supporters of PiS.
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.
Men aged 18–60 no longer need to generate an e-military registration document 72 hours in advance; a valid document at the time of the visit is sufficient. Refusal is possible if the document is invalid or the data has not been updated.
Zelenskyy reported that Putin plans to quickly mobilize hundreds of thousands of Russians after the elections. Ukraine is preparing to complicate the implementation of these plans.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has changed the procedure for checking military registration documents at consulates and embassies abroad. It is now sufficient to provide an e-military registration document that is valid at the time of the visit, rather than one generated within the previous 72 hours.
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.
Fighters from the "BAT-13" and "ARATTA" units, as part of the "Tymur Special Unit" of the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, conducted an operation in the occupied territory and captured a Russian serviceman. The Defence Intelligence emphasized that this would help exchange the prisoner for a Ukrainian defender.
Draft Law No. 15494 has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, expanding the grounds for deferment. In particular, it may be granted to parents who raise children alone if the other parent is abroad for more than 90 days a year.
A female officer of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received $14,000 for promising to facilitate the determination of a disability for a servicemember in order to secure his discharge. She was detained in Kyiv and placed under house arrest as a preventive measure.
Russia is planning illegal State Duma elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine, ensuring turnout of over 65–70% and support for United Russia of at least 70%. This is being done to legitimize the occupation, said Andrii Kovalenko, head of the National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation.
Russia attacked Ukraine again with North Korean ballistic missiles; six people were killed in Zaporizhzhia. Zelenskyy called on the world to increase pressure on the Russian Federation to protect against aggression.
Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported that the head of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center plans to fabricate criminal proceedings against his representative, Andrii Kriuchkov, after violations at the center were exposed. Lubinets called this interference in the work of the authorized representative.
Ukrainian troops are strengthening their positions in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone by setting up checkpoints, trenches, and anti-drone nets. This is related to its proximity to Belarus and the risk of new attacks.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, said that the mobilization of women and changes concerning parents of three children are not planned. Petitions proposing changes to these provisions had previously been registered.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported that, as of today, 488 people have been notified of suspicion in 384 proceedings concerning corruption in the defense sector. A total of 530 indictments have been sent to court, while losses from illegal procurement amount to UAH 3.9 billion.
This year, more than 4,300 participants in the war against Ukraine and their children were admitted to Russian higher education institutions, one and a half times more than last year. Nearly 40% of applicants were admitted without exams, while two-thirds would not have passed the competition without preferential provisions.
Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets will appeal to the heads of law enforcement agencies with a demand to inspect the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers in Zakarpattia. He claims there have been systematic human rights violations and corruption risks in the region since 2023.
Ukraine's strikes on Russian territory are affecting public sentiment, but may strengthen supporters of the war. The Kremlin may use this as a justification for mobilization and a tougher strategy.
The President stated that Russia is trying to fully seize Donbas and will distort the agreements with the United States. Ukraine does not intend to abandon its territories and people.
The Zakarpattia Regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center is reviewing the results of monitoring at the Berehove District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center following a visit by a representative of the Ombudsman. All comments will be verified, and recommendations regarding the conditions for military conscripts have already been put into action.
Dmytro Lubinets said that hundreds of men were unlawfully deprived of deferments at the Berehove District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center. The materials have been submitted to the prosecutor's office for investigation.
A spokesperson for Poland's Ministry of Internal Affairs said that 95% of Ukrainian men of conscription age work legally and pay taxes. The ministry also reminded that those not working include wounded soldiers undergoing rehabilitation.
Over the past 24 hours, 223 combat engagements took place at the front, with the largest number on the Pokrovsk direction. The enemy launched a missile strike and 77 airstrikes, using 242 guided aerial bombs.
Law enforcement officers exposed a group that helped military personnel leave their units for money. The organizers were a serviceman and three civilians.
The former head of the Mukachevo District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center and his subordinate are implicated in a scheme to unlawfully remove people from the register. 120 people have already been reinstated, and two officials have been notified of suspicion.