Employees of territorial centers for recruitment and social support have no right to detain citizens on the streets. This was stated by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets in an interview.

"They cannot walk the streets and physically detain Ukrainian citizens using physical force. They cannot. This is nonsense. Who will benefit from this? The army? No. Ukrainian citizens who are afraid to go out? No," he said.

According to Lubinets, the TCC should contact the National Police with a list of people who were supposed to appear at the recruitment centers but did not do so.

"And if there is a need to conduct so-called raids, then representatives of the National Police must be involved in this group. They are the ones who check the documents. After that, they provide the information to the staff of the TCC to check whether such a citizen of Ukraine is in the register of conscripts or not," the ombudsman explained.

Lubinets emphasized that it is the National Police officers who "have the right to stop people, check documents, make decisions, and voice some legal demands."

The ombudsman also opposed the expansion of the TCC's powers.