Lubinets Reported a New Type of Violations by Territorial Recruitment Centers

Representatives of territorial recruitment centers enter private homes and forcibly remove men. One such incident has already led to a criminal investigation. This is stated in a statement by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

According to the ombudsman, similar incidents have occurred in various regions of Ukraine. About 10 cases have already been recorded in which representatives of territorial recruitment centers entered yards, private homes, and other premises, and then forcibly removed men from them. Lubinets suggests that this may be a kind of test to see how these actions will be responded to legally. "I think this is a test of what the legal reaction will be if employees of the territorial recruitment centers and medical and recruitment commissions start entering even private premises and forcibly taking owners away. In other words, they tried it in one region — there was a reaction, now they are trying it in other regions," the ombudsman said. One such incident was recorded in Khmelnytskyi region. According to Lubinets, the Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights responded to the situation. Law enforcement also reported the opening of a criminal case. At the same time, Lubinets noted that there is no information about cases in which representatives of territorial recruitment centers broke down doors to get into houses. According to him, usually doors are left unlocked or are opened by the residents themselves. After that, representatives of the territorial recruitment centers enter and forcibly remove men. The ombudsman emphasized that such actions may contain elements of criminal offenses.

Remember, in Odesa region an employee of a territorial recruitment center ran over a 2-year-old child and fled.