In Odessa, a man challenged his mobilization due to a questionable medical examination

In Odesa, a man attempted to have his mobilization order overturned in court, claiming that he had not undergone a military medical examination. However, the registry listed him as fit for service. 

This is evidenced by a ruling from the Odesa District Administrative Court.

The plaintiff stated that on March 6, 2026, he did not undergo a military medical examination; however, in the Reserve+ app, he saw information about the medical examination on that day and his designation as fit for military service. The man suggested that this information might have been entered into the Unified State Registry of Conscripts, Persons Subject to Military Service, and Reservists based on false data.

He asked the court to declare the military authority’s actions unlawful, to remove the information about his medical examination from the registry, and to revoke the order for mobilization and assignment to a military unit.

Representatives of the defendant denied the claim. According to them, on March 6, police officers brought the man to the Territorial Recruitment Center because he was wanted on an administrative warrant for violating military registration rules. After the medical examination, no grounds for deferment or exemption were found, so on the same day he was drafted into military service by Order No. 65.

The court found that in April, the man was listed in the “Reserve+” system as a military servicemember removed from military registration, with the date indicated as March 6. At the same time, the Izmail City Central Hospital stated in a letter dated April 29 that the man had not undergone a medical examination at that medical facility.

However, the judge emphasized that the absence of medical records at that specific hospital does not prove that the medical examination was not conducted at all. According to the case file, the documents regarding the medical examination were included in the servicemember’s personnel file and forwarded to the commander of the military unit. As a result, the judge dismissed the claim in its entirety. 

Also in August, the man who shot at employees of the TCC and SP in Odesa was sentenced to five years in prison. However, he was granted probation for a period of three years. 

Анна Літман