The system of serving summonses in Ukraine is actually not fulfilling its function, as a significant part of men simply ignore calls to territorial recruitment centers. This was stated by Roman Istomin, spokesman for the Poltava Regional CCC and SP, in an interview with Glavkom.
According to him, a summons is legally only a notification of the need to appear at the CCC, and not a guarantee that a person will fulfill this obligation. Even if a citizen refuses to receive the document, but understands its contents, an act of refusal is drawn up, and such a person is still considered to have been duly notified.
Despite this, a significant number of conscripts do not come to the centers, knowingly violating the rules of military registration. According to Istomin, the format of “distributing summonses” itself can no longer be considered an effective tool.
He also drew attention to the fact that the problem lies not only in the attitude of citizens, but also in the inaction of local authorities. The law, in particular Resolution No. 1487, assigns significant powers to local governments in the field of military registration, including mandatory annual yard patrols. Responsible persons are required to check whether conscripts actually live at the specified addresses, but in practice these requirements are often met formally or ignored altogether.
In some cases, violation protocols were drawn up due to the inaction of officials. As a result, the spokesman noted, the main burden of serving summonses and monitoring attendance falls on the military CCCs, who are forced to involve the police in this work.
Istomin also said that during the full-scale war, the Poltava Regional CCC sent out a large number of summonses by mail. However, the mechanism turned out to be far from ideal: a significant part of citizens do not respond to registered letters, regardless of who the sender is.
According to him, today there are two main mechanisms for mailing documents. The first is centralized, when the lists of conscripts come from the General Staff, and the Ministry of Defense provides printing and mailing. The second is local, when the summonses are formed directly in the CCC, and the costs of postal services are covered by the communities. He called this option more convenient, since it allows for the prompt identification of addressees.
Despite this, the summons remains a mandatory instrument of summons to the CCC, regardless of the method of delivery - in person or by mail. Failure to comply with its requirements, Istomin reminded, is regarded as a violation of the rules of military registration and entails administrative liability under Article 210 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.
Information about individuals who ignore summonses is transmitted to the police. Law enforcement officers are given the right to carry out administrative detention and forcibly deliver violators to the territorial recruitment center to clarify the circumstances and clarify their credentials.
