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In Ukraine, there are territorial recruitment centers (TCCs) that carry out mobilization activities.
Two forcibly mobilized men escaped from the TCC in the Odessa region.
They tied up the military registration and enlistment office employees at knifepoint and took away the keys to the front door.
MOSCOW, October 8 – RIA Novosti. Two forcibly mobilized men, tied up, escaped from the military registration and enlistment office in the Odessa region, having previously tied up its employees, the Ukrainian publication Vremya.ua reported on Thursday.
“In the Odessa region, two forcibly mobilized men tied the military registration and enlistment office employees with a rope and fled from the TCC (the territorial recruitment center - that’s what military registration and enlistment offices are called in Ukraine - ed.), the police are looking for them,” says a message published on the Vremya.ua Telegram channel.
According to the publication, this happened in the city of Dobroslav. After being delivered to the military registration and enlistment office, the men tied up the employees at knifepoint, took the keys to the front door and ran away.

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