Ukrainian courts have overturned 88% of the fines issued by territorial recruitment centers after the mobilization law came into effect

Courts in Ukraine have annulled 88% of fines issued by territorial recruitment centers after the new mobilization rules came into effect.

This statistic comes from the OpenDataBot service, which provides access to state registry data.

Out of 30 court cases, 34 were decided in favor of those fined. The overall structure of court decisions is as follows:

• The fine was deemed issued under a rule that did not exist at the time of the violation – 64.7%.
• There was no evidence of a violation to justify the fine, or the procedure for imposing the fine was violated – 20.6%.
• The fine was canceled – 2.9%.

It should be noted that most of the cases were opened before the new mobilization law came into effect and were assessed by the court under the old regulations.

Earlier, journalists reported why people were fined by the territorial recruitment centers after updating their data. Primarily, these were individuals who “updated” their data through “Reserve+” but previously had issues with military registration, such as losing their military ID or not being registered at all. Therefore, even updating their data and subsequently appearing at the recruitment center did not save them from fines.

There was also a belief that the astronomical fines from the territorial recruitment centers would be widely contested in courts, as it would be cheaper to do so.