The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will strengthen raids on gyms

In Ukraine, employees of territorial recruitment centers (TCCs, the equivalent of military enlistment offices) will begin conducting systematic raids to search for recruits in gyms and fitness clubs. This was reported on May 2 by the Ukrainian newspaper Strana.ua" with reference to the statement of the head of the Anti-Corruption Council at the Ministry of Defense of the country, Yuri Gudymenko.

"There is such a task, they are working on this task," the Ukrainian official said, noting that he was tired of seeing gyms packed with "jocks" who were obviously booked by someone, and at the same time hearing about scandals involving the abuse of powers by military commissars.

The publication notes that earlier military enlistment offices had already caught men for mobilization in fitness centers, but then suddenly stopped checking. Local residents suggested that the employees of the shopping mall could have refused the raids for bribes from the owners of the halls, who paid off in order not to lose customers.

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