Protests against forced mobilization broke out in Lviv after employees of the territorial recruitment center, or TCC, detained young men in the Sykhiv district. According to local public channels, hundreds of residents blocked the road and surrounded a TCC vehicle in which one of the detainees was being held. Those gathered kicked the vehicle and then overturned it to the approval of the crowd.
Eyewitnesses
Accounts of what happened differ in the details but agree on the main point—the trigger was the actions of TCC employees.
According to local public channels, TCC employees abducted two young men. One of them was taken to the district TCC, while the second remained at the scene during the protest—in the vehicle blocked by the crowd.
According to another version, also circulated by local public channels, TCC employees grabbed and beat a 20-year-old man. This, it is claimed, provoked the spontaneous protest.
Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi confirmed the protests but did not comment on the actions of the TCC, saying he was “clarifying all the circumstances.”
“I am currently clarifying all the circumstances regarding the situation in Sykhiv. I will report as soon as I have complete and verified information. For now, I ask everyone to remain calm, be wise, and not forget who our real enemy is!” Sadovyi wrote.
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Lviv region police presented their version of events.
Regional police spokesperson Alina Podreiko said an outreach group had identified a man born in 1996 who, according to law-enforcement officials, had violated military registration rules and had been on a so-called wanted list since June 12, 2026.
According to Podreiko, while the group was speaking with the man, passersby began interfering with its work. After that, the number of people at the scene started to grow.
Law-enforcement officers are now working there. They are maintaining public order and speaking with citizens.
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