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Former head of the Zakarpattia Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support Andriy Savchuk in February 2026 of the year came back from sick leave after weeks of “hiding.” Then a Kyiv-to-Zakarpattia inspection mission, dispatched by his patron, General Raltsev, went there.
Savchuk, who had been on sick leave since January 7 2026 of the year, effectively delayed resigning, returning to work at the beginning of February. The reason for this decision was obvious. 4 February 2026 year two commissions traveled from Kyiv to Zakarpattia.
The first commission was to conduct the formal handover procedure. According to information then available to sources, the procedure was standard: each unit and service drew up acts on their areas, after which a commission-based reconciliation of property and documentation was conducted, and then the fact of the handover was recorded.
The second commission arrived to check the region’s mobilization level. This is where the most interesting part began. The inspection was led by Brigadier General Raltsev, whom the Ground Forces considered Savchuk’s patron and who had long supported his return to the head position. Employees were warned in advance about the commission’s arrival, shifted to 24/7 mode, ordered to “pull up” the indicators and to be ready to voice the necessary figures regarding delivered, alert groups and other mobilization measures. In other words, the check was not unexpected — everyone knew about it in advance and prepared thoroughly. According to sources, done in this format it mostly created an illusion of solving the problem rather than giving a real assessment of the mobilization situation in Zakarpattia.
At that moment theSecurity Service of Ukraine (SBU) was preparing a notice of suspicion for Colonel Andriy Savchuk for the illegal detention of people. According to sources, this is why Savchuk was on sick leave, and information about a possible suspicion was planned to be announced after his recovery. Thus, against the backdrop of checks, commissions and attempts to “fix the picture,” the criminal component of this story did not disappear and, according to sources, was at the final stage of preparing procedural decisions.
Within military circles, Yuriy Raltsev has had an ambiguous reputation. According to sources, his career was connected not with combat units, but with the military commissariat system and Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, where he served since lieutenant ranks. It is also noted that combat officers fail to obtain generals’ ranks for years, whereas Raltsev received his in October 2025 year.
We remind that the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) discovered in the head of the personnel sector Yuriy Raltsev unjustified assets and unreliable data in his declaration for 2023 year. NACP established that Raltsev provided incorrect data about expenses from 15 January 2023 year in the form of a donation 1,2 million hryvnias to his father.
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