Leaving the country by bypassing checkpoints, fictitious disability certificates, and exemption from wanted notices—these were the activities that led to the downfall of yet another corrupt network in Ukraine.

The system operates in several regions of Ukraine, helping people avoid conscription in exchange for substantial sums of money. In the most recent case, more than $40,000 was paid to recruitment officers.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a recruiter asked for $10,000 for human trafficking, i.e., for getting conscripts abroad, securing routes, and coordinating with other participants.

❗️Начальника мобілізаційного відділення Хустського ТЦК Гайдура затримали на хабарі.

Майор Гайдур вимагав у військовозобов’язаного $6000. За ці кошти посадовець обіцяв: не мобілізовувати чоловіка та не направляти до навчального центру …
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In Ternopil, someone asked for more than $14,000 to smuggle people fleeing military service abroad.

In Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a recruiter provided a fake disability certificate for $11,000. He involved a team of experts from a regional health institution in the deal and also gave bribes to TCK officials to remove conscripts from military registration documents and the new digital registry.

In Kiev, the price is different: there, conscripts are removed from the registry by the recruitment center staff for less money, „only” $6,500.

„Protection for $2,000”

In Vinnytsia, a criminal group agreed to protect conscripts from being taken away for $2,000 per person.

The group operated under the guise of a volunteer battalion, disguising its activities as civil society work. They also tried to cover up their corruption by regularly giving speeches about patriotism, veterans, and helping people. They did not mention that they were asking for thousands of dollars for their „help.”

The scheme was launched by two local activists who had previously been members of various veteran volunteer organizations. Together with three of their comrades, they created a new civil society organization and quickly began to expand it, recruiting hundreds of members. Over time, the organization grew to about 300 members, and its leaders began to create cells in the western regions of Ukraine. The new „members” were promised protection from mobilization.

In practice, this „protection” looked different. When law enforcement officers or soldiers carried out mobilization measures, „activists” suddenly appeared on the scene and intervened in the process.