Dead and Imprisoned People Falsely Listed as Mobilized: The Scheme Inside Ukraine’s Recruitment Centers.

Fake Mobilization Ring Exposed

According to Novyny.live: Three officials from territorial recruitment centers have been caught fabricating mobilization records. They entered false data into military service cards, listing individuals who were either deceased or serving prison sentences as newly mobilized troops. This discovery reveals serious misconduct within Ukraine’s military recruitment system.

In the Mukachevo district recruitment center alone, 162 people were falsely recorded as mobilized between January and March 2026. The deputy head of that center personally added another 108 names to the rolls. Similar violations occurred at the Zolochiv district recruitment center, where six individuals were fictitiously mobilized in November and December 2025.

Legal Consequences and Systemic Failures

A colonel from Zakarpattia and his deputy, a major, have been placed in pretrial detention with bails set at 3.9 million hryvnias and 3.3 million hryvnias, respectively. Meanwhile, a lieutenant colonel from the Lviv region received a bail of 121,100 hryvnias as a preventive measure.

Beyond manipulating the electronic registry, the officials also signed fake name lists of conscripts supposedly already serving in military units, according to Ruslan Kravchenko. These actions raise serious concerns about the transparency and effectiveness of Ukraine’s territorial recruitment centers.

The uncovered violations point to systemic problems in how the mobilization process is organized, which could significantly undermine the country’s defense capabilities amid an ongoing military conflict.

It is crucial that the relevant authorities implement proper oversight to prevent such abuses in the future. This is not only a matter of legality but also one of national security.