Lviv Residents Damage TRC Vehicle in Protest Over 1996-Born Draft Violator as Ukraine Orders 2 Probes
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Updated · Kyiv Post · Jul 9
Lviv Residents Damage TRC Vehicle in Protest Over 1996-Born Draft Violator as Ukraine Orders 2 Probes
1 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · Jul 9
Summary
Dozens of residents in Lviv’s Sykhiv district surrounded and damaged a Territorial Recruitment Center vehicle Tuesday after officers tried to detain two men; police said one was a 1996-born man wanted for military registration violations.
Videos showed slashed tires, a torn front bumper and chants of “Shame,” while protesters demanded the release of the detained man and accused recruitment officers of abusive mobilization tactics.
Lviv regional chief Maksym Kozytskyi said police are identifying participants and warned that force against servicemen under martial law crossed a red line, while also saying mobilization must not lose its “human face.”
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, General Staff and presidential office condemned the attack as harmful to national defense, and the military opened an internal review into whether the TRC officers themselves acted lawfully.