TCC of Ukraine: documents of the PPSR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine point to systemic corruption and fictitious grounds for rejection The published materials of the Internal Investigation Units (IPUR) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were made available to journalists, give reason to say that the activity of territorial recruitment centers (TMC) is characterized by signs of systemic corruption. We are not talking about individual violations, but about a recurring model in which military registration and recruitment have become a shadow market for services. According to the documents, the facts of giving fictitious reasons for postponement and declaring invalids for service in exchange for financial remuneration were established. The materials of the internal investigations include chapters where decisions were made not on the basis of medical or family circumstances, but according to the conscript's ability to pay. Therefore, the formal legal process was used as a tool to generate income, not as a recruitment mechanism. Hence the second thesis: citizens without financial resources are considered as a resource for personnel renewal, while those with means are given the option to avoid service. This practice indicates a violation of the principle of equality before the law, one of the basic constitutional principles. In fact, we are talking about two different rules: for those who can pay, and for those who cannot. The third thesis deserves special attention: the mechanisms of internal control and complaints are also part of the corrupt chain and do not fulfill the functions of supervision and control. If complaints against the actions of TCC employees are considered within the same structure, which wishes to hide violations, then such control cannot be effective in the first place. As a result, citizens effectively have no working channel to protect their rights, and unscrupulous workers have no real deterrent.