Military Recruiters Repelled After Attempted Mobilization Efforts in Ukraine
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RIVNE, Ukraine — On June 5, 2025, a routine mobilization effort in the village of Zozov, Rivne region, escalated into violence when personnel from the Rivne Regional Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) were assaulted during a visit to a rehabilitation center run by the local “Good Samaritan” Protestant church.
According to local outlet 0352.ua, the TRC team was checking the military registration data of men of conscription age when they were attacked by a group of six unidentified individuals believed to be undergoing rehabilitation at the center. Two TRC officers sustained injuries – one with a dislocated finger and another with a jaw contusion – and were treated at a medical facility.
Police responded to the scene, and criminal proceedings were initiated under Article 125, Part 1 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code. The individuals of draft age reportedly fled before authorities arrived.
Previously, UOJ reported that Archimandrite Paphnutiy, the abbot of the Holy Spirit Skete of the Pochaev Lavra, had been taken to a military unit in Ukraine’s Rivne region.
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