Where Most Cases of Evasion of Mobilization Are: National Police Named Leading Regions

The National Police, during the period of martial law, investigated more than 20 thousand criminal proceedings for cases of evasion of conscription for mobilization. The most such cases were recorded in Dnipropetrovsk, Zakarpattia, Volyn, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions. This was reported by Hlavkom with reference to an interview given by acting Head of the National Police Maksym Tsutskiridze to Censor.Net.

According to Tsutskiridze, in Dnipropetrovsk region they are investigating more than 1,9 thousand such proceedings, in Zakarpattia about 1,5 thousand. Over a thousand cases also fall on Volyn, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions. A significant number of proceedings are also in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions.

The head of the National Police noted that such criminal proceedings exist virtually across all of Ukraine. "We have the most of these proceedings in large industrial and border regions," Tsutskiridze said.

He said that law enforcement is separately investigating possible abuses by officials of the regional and district conscription and enlistment centers (TCK and SP). About 80% of TCK leaders who fall under police investigations are district-level heads. In total, suspicions were notified to 76 leaders of TCK at the regional, district, and city levels.

Among the possible abuses by TCK officials, Tsutskiridze named receiving undue benefits for favorable decisions, influencing other officials, unlawful processing of military registration documents, making changes to the Obereg registry, falsely declaring someone unfit for military service, and facilitating illegal departure abroad.