After Lviv — another attack: two TCC servicemen wounded in Vinnytsia

In Vinnytsia in the morning of April 4, 2026, there was an attack on servicemen of the notification group of one of the district territorial centers for recruitment and social support. The incident was reported by the Vinnytsia Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support.

According to preliminary information, during mobilization measures conducted together with law enforcement officers the servicemen stopped a citizen to check his documents. During the interaction the man suddenly pulled out a knife and struck two servicemen several times. It later emerged that the attacker had been in violation of military registration since 2025. After the attack he was detained pursuant to Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

The wounded servicemen were promptly hospitalized. One of them is in moderate condition and is in the intensive care unit; doctors assess the other’s condition as satisfactory.

Law enforcement officers are working at the scene, investigative actions are ongoing, and all circumstances of the incident are being established. Authorities are deciding on the further legal qualification of the attacker’s actions.

The territorial recruitment center emphasized that such acts of violence against servicemen while performing their official duties entail criminal liability. It was also stressed that mobilization measures remain key to ensuring the state’s defense capability during wartime.

Reminder: earlier we wrote:

• An attempt to “rescue” a brother from the TCC ended in murder: what is known about the tragedy in Lviv
• Shooting, blockades and a bloody clash during mobilization in Odesa: a serviceman with stab wounds fights for his life
• A TCC serviceman was stabbed: attackers may face life imprisonment
• In Ternopil a man attacked a TCC with an axe and a “Molotov cocktail”
• Knife and “busification”: the TCC reported details of the stabbing during mobilization measures