Injuries, hematomas and death: what happened to Yevhen Lahunov after mobilization

In Dnipro, the mother of 43-year-old architect Yevhen Lagunov accuses employees of the TCC of her son’s death; he died in a hospital a few days after mobilization. According to the report by Radio Liberty, the man died on 8 March 2026 — less than a week after, on 2 March, he was, according to his mother, detained by representatives of the TCC, sent to the MMC, declared fit for service and transferred to the Samarivskyi District TCC in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

According to the mother, after that Yevhen Lagunov was transported twice by ambulance from the Samarivskyi RTCC to hospitals. She believes her son may have been beaten on the way to the territorial recruitment center or already there. In the certificate the family provided to journalists, the preliminary cause of death is listed as “bodily injuries resulting from contact with a blunt object”.

The family’s lawyer, Yuliia Oleksiienko, reported that medical documents show severe injuries: a closed traumatic brain injury, brain contusion, concussion, a fracture of the sinus and hemosinus. According to her, the investigation must establish, minute by minute, what happened to the man from the moment he came under the control of TCC personnel until his hospitalization in a helpless condition.

At the same time, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional TCC and SP stated that Yevhen Lagunov had been drafted under mobilization and served in the security platoon of the 1st department of the Samarivskyi District TCC. According to the TCC, during the performance of his duties the man suffered an epileptic seizure, after which he was taken to the Magdalynivka Central Hospital. The mother, Natalia Logunova, rejects this version and says her son never had epilepsy.

“Now I no longer have my son, I do not know how to live. Who are they to decide the fate of others?” the mother said.

Following the death of Yevhen Lagunov, the police opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — intentional homicide. The police reported that a forensic medical examination has been ordered and that a procedural decision will be made after its conclusions. The investigation, according to law enforcement, is under the control of police leadership.

This story is dangerous not only for its brutality, but also because society again hears two completely different versions: the family speaks of beatings and injuries, while the TCC speaks of a sudden seizure. That is why the key issue now is not informational explanations, but an independent, complete, and transparent investigation.

Earlier we wrote:

• A week from mobilization to death: the family of a serviceman from Mykolaiv reports a possible murder
• Court in Mykolaiv region did not see a crime in the “busification” of a man with a deferment
• Bureaucratic complications: death of a mobilized man in the TCC explained by paperwork, not bruises
• Declared fit, dead in three days: what happened to Serhii Ukhorenko after mobilization in the Korabelnyi district
• Sudden death in the TCC: a mobilized man fainted and did not survive