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Service & Mobilisation

‘I’m completely alone’: viral video of a child after his father was taken by a Ukrainian recruitment centre raises a harder question

A viral video shows a boy saying his father was taken by a TCC and that he is now alone. Verified facts are scarce, but the case raises real questions about sole-parent mobilisation exemptions and the state’s duty to protect a child left without care.

Corruption & Investigations

$1,500 and $5,000 for a “student” status: two cases expose a persistent weakness in Ukraine’s mobilization deferment system

Two criminal cases reported on September 7, 2026 — a $1,500 fake-enrollment offer in Kyiv and a $5,000 customs scheme in Ternopil region — highlight how student status can be exploited to obtain mobilization deferments, and why the state’s digital registration system cannot by itself verify the honesty of the data it receives.

Society

Ukraine Built Hotlines and Digital Tracking for POW Families. Why Do So Many Still Wait for the One Answer That Matters?

Families of Ukrainian POWs and missing soldiers rallied in Kremenchuk, Cherkasy and Mykolaiv on September 6. Ukraine has hotlines, registers and a family portal, yet the key question — where a relative is and whether they are alive — can stay unanswered for months or years.

Corruption & Investigations

Ukraine anti-corruption court detains Prosecutor General’s Office official over alleged call-center protection scheme

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Prosecutor General’s Office official Serhii Kropyva into pretrial detention with UAH 120 million bail in the “Carthage” call-center case. NABU and SAPO allege protection of fraudulent call centers and money laundering; Kropyva and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko deny the claims.

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