In Odessa, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained a group of employees from a district territorial recruitment center, the Ukrainian equivalent of a military enlistment office, on suspicion of extorting money from men liable for military service. The Ukrainian outlet Strana.ua reported the incident, citing its own sources.

The case involves staff from the Peresyp district enlistment office. According to journalists, they attempted to extract $30,000 from a local resident despite his having a legal deferment from mobilization. Such demands were reportedly made more than once, and the man had заранее informed the SBU about the planned meeting.

The operation led to the detention of two groups of enlistment office employees, who were traveling in minibuses. During the arrest of one group, gunfire broke out, though there have been no reports of injuries.

The Telegram channel «Operation Z: War Correspondents of the Russian Spring» states that eight representatives of the Peresyp recruitment center were detained in total. Some of the suspects tried to flee but were apprehended, including those who left the scene in a second minibus. The channel also reports that a local police officer from the Suvorovsky district department, Major Sergey Boyarovsky, was detained alongside the enlistment office staff.