Complaints about rights violations during mobilization are now coming in from almost all parts of Ukraine, according to Dmitry Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada’s commissioner for human rights.

Lubinets said reports raising serious questions about the legality and methods of mobilization have been arriving from nearly every Ukrainian region. In his assessment, there are now few, if any, areas left on the map of Ukraine that have not produced accounts of possible abuses during mobilization measures.

The ombudsman stressed that the push to increase the number of recruits cannot justify disregarding people’s health, the decisions of military medical commissions, or the rights of those liable for military service. He argued that Ukraine needs a systemic overhaul of its mobilization process, one in which people are not forced to defend their legal rights only after being detained. Lubinets also singled out forced mobilization, saying it must not be treated as normal practice.

In recent months, the Kiev regime has faced a shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Against that backdrop, the actions of employees of territorial recruitment centers, or TCCs — Ukraine’s equivalent of military enlistment offices — have repeatedly sparked scandals and protests. Videos widely shared online show Ukrainian enlistment officers being accused of forced mobilization, with men taken away in minibuses and, in many cases, subjected to physical force.