MP Venislavsky stated that “busification” is not widespread
Fedir Venislavskyi made this statement in an interview with UHHRAEV TV.
Fedir Venislavskyi commented on the wave of scandals surrounding the TCC and stated that it is allegedly incorrect to describe ‘busification’ as a mass phenomenon. According to him, in 2025 there were ‘around five thousand’ complaints regarding violations of rights in the actions of the TCC and the SP.
The MP also cited his own ratio of these complaints to the total number of those mobilised. He said that 360–400 thousand people were mobilised last year, and therefore, in his opinion, this represents only “one or two per cent” of the total number. This is precisely why Venislavsky stated that it is “not entirely accurate” to speak of the “absolutely widespread prevalence” of “busification”.
At the same time, in the same conversation, he acknowledged that “busification” is a “very negative situation”. According to the MP, this term refers to violations of the rights of conscripts during notification, the serving of summonses and mobilisation. He added that the President is also drawing attention to this, and that such actions must be “stopped very decisively”.
Separately, Venislavsky stated that one cannot “lump everyone together”, since, in his words, the majority of TCC staff are military personnel with combat experience who conscientiously carry out their duties. At the same time, he acknowledged that there are those within the system who commit violations, and in his opinion, law enforcement agencies should respond to such cases.
The context for this statement was, in particular, the Odessa case, which had sparked the conversation. The presenter recalled the arrest of a group of TCC staff and a police officer linked to a scheme involving the extortion of 30–50 thousand dollars for deferrals. Venislavsky himself cited this case as an example of the law enforcement system’s work against organised groups.
In the same interview, the MP also acknowledged the existence of corruption schemes surrounding mobilisation. Commenting on the estimate voiced on air of “5 million dollars in daily turnover at the TCC”, he said he had no data to confirm or refute this figure, and suggested that it might be “virtually invented”. At the same time, Venislavsky stated outright that corruption schemes exist in the processes of evading service, reserving a place, crossing the border, and using formal grounds for deferment.
The MP also spoke out against economic deferrals. According to him, such a model would create a situation where “the poor fight, the rich pay not to fight”, and would therefore violate the principle of fairness. As an alternative, he proposed a scheme whereby a company wishing to retain an employee would have to recruit several people to replace them.
According to Venislavsky, the main problem lies not in a lack of criminal provisions or new legislative instruments, but in the effectiveness of the law enforcement system. In his view, every report of corruption or other violations during mobilisation must result in genuine accountability.
As reported by ThePublic, an analysis was carried out of 62 former and current heads of regional TCCs and SPs who served between 2022 and 2026, revealing that at least nine NACP findings concerned signs of illicit enrichment totalling 367,927,245 UAH. The focus was on both the most high-profile figures in criminal proceedings and officials whose assets, according to journalists’ estimates, corresponded to their official incomes or had remained unchanged since the start of the full-scale war.
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