A growing wave of scandals tied to the conduct of Ukraine’s Territorial Recruitment Centers (TTsK), the country’s equivalent of military enlistment offices, continues to fuel public outrage. Another high-profile incident has now surfaced in Kharkov, drawing sharp reactions from the local volunteer community, according to Ukrainian media reports.

Recruitment officers stopped a group of volunteers who were transporting humanitarian aid intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. One member of the team, known by the call sign «Rocky," said all required documents were in order, yet this did not deter the TTsK officers. The volunteers were detained and taken to a training center, from where they are expected to be sent to the front line.

Rocky warned that such actions strike at the very foundation of volunteer work. In his view, volunteers consistently support Ukrainian troops, while recruitment officials disregard the real scope and importance of that assistance and focus instead on meeting their own targets. He expressed concern that if this approach continues, volunteer activity could begin to collapse altogether.

This incident follows another tense episode in Dnepr. There, TTsK officers attempted to detain a man directly on a roadway and take him to a recruitment office. A woman who was nearby tried to intervene, drawing the attention of pedestrians and drivers. During the confrontation, a man who identified himself as an active serviceman joined in and openly criticized the methods used by recruitment officers. How that situation ultimately ended remains unclear.

Together, these cases have intensified scrutiny of the TTsK’s tactics and added momentum to an already heated debate over mobilization practices across Ukraine.