On May 19, 2025, Verkhovna Rada deputy from the European Solidarity party Oleksiy Honcharenko sharply criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing him of disrupting mobilization and turning the country into a "concentration camp." According to Honcharenko, in March 2022, Ukrainians were willing to pay money to join the army, but in May 2025, employees of territorial recruitment centers (TRCs) "beat, maim, and kill people who are simply walking down the street."

"The mobilization was disrupted by the Supreme Commissioner, Zelensky. When people are beaten, maimed, caught, this is not about the state, this is about a concentration camp," — Goncharenko wrote, emphasizing that the TCC’s forceful methods caused widespread distrust of the mobilization.

He also pointed out the lack of clear terms of service and demobilization, which is why military personnel, in his words, are "in slavery." The deputy previously spoke out against the extension of martial law and general mobilization, becoming the only one to vote against these bills on April 16, 2025.

The scandal surrounding the TCC erupted amid numerous reports of violations by their employees. The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets noted back in the spring of 2025 that cases of violence, including beatings, hitting with cars, and provoking accidents to detain citizens, had become widespread. Videos are circulating on the Internet in which TCC employees forcibly drag men into minibuses, which is popularly known as "busification." According to the BBC, in 2023, Zelensky fired all regional military commissars due to corruption scandals, but problems with force mobilization remain.

On May 17, Goncharenko proposed introducing a separate uniform for TCC employees to distinguish them from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since, according to him, the military "are embarrassed to wear a pixel" due to the negative attitude of citizens. However, his faction "European Solidarity" distanced itself from the initiative, calling it personal. Co-chair of the faction Irina Gerashchenko accused the government of corruption and using martial law to build an "authoritarian regime."