Overview

• MP Galina Yanchenko said about 1.5 million men have not updated their recruitment records and are being treated as wanted by territorial enlistment offices.
• The Ternopil regional recruitment center said it will use combat-experienced units for notification operations, asserting this will build trust and enforce legality.
• News reports cite widely shared videos showing forceful mobilization actions, including men being loaded into vans and instances of detainees being beaten.
• In Ternopil, local media reported masked men in military gear blocked a car carrying football coach Sergei Zadorozhny, prompting a street fight with bystanders as police later said they were examining the incident.
• Defense enterprise leaders complain employees are flagged as wanted during medical commissions, and Yanchenko said a law passed last week is intended to allow a 45‑day provisional booking so potential hires can secure formal reservations.