Paper summonses
UAH 79.8 each in centralized mailing. Counted separately.
Open data / budget / TCC
How much busification costs
Version 2026-06-07: initial publication with open data files, formulas and source list.
Estimated per fighter at the front ≈ UAH 1.03m
34× average salaries
The key variable is not procurement itself, but the share that actually reaches the front line.
if 10% of people mobilized through TCCs reach the frontThe amount includes open procurement, payroll, medical checks, building upkeep, mail, enterprise support and lost work time.
if 10-15% reach the front: UAH 1.03m – UAH 686k Without indirect time losses: UAH 903k – UAH 602kWe collected open costs related to TCCs: procurement, payroll, medical checks, mail, building upkeep and lost work time. Some numbers come from open data; others are calculated separately and explained below.
Open procurement UAH 1.09bn
3,465 found and cleaned TCC-related records
TCCs as buyers UAH 662.2m
1,620 records; the rest goes through other bodies
TCC network 505
centers and departments in the MoD directory
Average 2025 cost UAH 4.07m
visible amount per active TCC buyer
Payroll UAH 25.4bn
46,000 people in the calculation × average pay
Other costs UAH 1.53bn
utilities, mail, employers, support and small expenses
Working-time losses UAH 4.09bn
delays, downtime and reduced activity
Contents
Effectiveness
By public estimate, 10–15 of every 100 mobilized via TCC reach the front line
Estimate: Fediienko public comment, Radio Liberty
System
Why the cost is hard to measure
505 physical locations
Each location implies premises, utilities and network administration.
46,000 staff
The payroll model starts from a public staff estimate and the lower pay floor.
No public outcome chain
No aggregate metric is published: referred → trained → assigned → at the front.
UAH 4.1bn/year in time losses
This is a separate estimate, not TCC budget spending.
10–15% by public estimate
The share can be changed in the model.
Mobilization methods should be compared by cost and result.
Context
What this amount means
Calculation per fighter at the front UAH 1.03m
68
FPV drones × UAH 15,000
8
DJI Mavic 3 × UAH 120,000
24
Starlink terminals × UAH 42,000
36
Level 4+ body armor × UAH 28,000
Timeline
In this snapshot, 2026 spending already exceeds every previous year.
2026 is incomplete. The amount is not a budget report; it is a public Prozorro search snapshot. 2026-06-07.
In 2026, one Zaporizhzhia regional TCC aviation-transport tender (UAH 333m) dominates the total. Without it, the timeline looks different, so read it together with the tender list.
Structure
Largest open-procurement items: transport, repairs, communications and summonses.
Who pays
TCCs are not the only payers.
The “direct TCC” marker means that the buyer in Prozorro is a TCC. Other rows remain in the main count because the procurement subject directly concerns TCCs, conscripts or mobilization logistics.
Zaporizhzhia regional TCC and SP
Zaporizhzhia regional territorial recruitment and social support center
Dnipropetrovsk regional TCC and SP
Dnipropetrovsk regional territorial recruitment and social support center
Kyiv city TCC and SP
Kyiv city territorial recruitment and social support center
Zakarpattia regional council joint-property office
Municipal institution "Joint Property Management of Territorial Communities" of the Zakarpattia regional council
Vinnytsia city housing and utilities office
Vinnytsia city quartering and maintenance department
Cherkasy regional TCC and SP
Cherkasy regional territorial recruitment and social support center
Kharkiv regional TCC and SP
Kharkiv regional territorial recruitment and social support center
Zhytomyr regional TCC and SP
Zhytomyr regional territorial recruitment and social support center
Ivano-Frankivsk regional administration resource department
Department of resource support and asset management of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional state administration
Chernivtsi regional administration
Chernivtsi regional state administration
Outside Prozorro
Not all costs are visible in a single registry.
Payroll, social payments, VLK medical boards, utilities, local programs, mail, transport obligations, employer military-accounting work and free transfers may not appear as TCC procurement. They are therefore shown as a separate layer rather than mixed with tenders without an evidentiary basis.
Payroll and military pay
UAH 1.38bn/mo is only the lower floor after the MoD's June note on UAH 30k for rear positions. The main calculation uses UAH 40k average pay with bonuses and allowances; the high case uses UAH 55k.
VLK medical commissions
The MoD explains that VLK medical exams are free for the person and paid from the state budget. Some commissions are based in municipal medical facilities.
Local mobilization programs
Communities separately finance equipment, office equipment, medical devices, notification, premises and support for district TCC activity.
Utilities and energy
Electricity, heating, water, sewage and basic maintenance of TCC and assembly-point premises. In Prozorro these often go through balance holders.
Postal summons delivery
The Cabinet allocated UAH 71.82m for centralized printing and mailing of 900k summonses. There may be partial overlap with postal tenders in the Prozorro dataset; the model counts them additively as an upper bound.
Enterprise transport and assets
Law allows free use of enterprise transport and equipment during the special period. It is a real resource without one open registry.
Employer military accounting
Resolution No. 1487 requires enterprises to maintain military accounting, appoint responsible staff, train them and coordinate with TCCs.
Free transfers and support
Vehicles, fuel, equipment, communications, repairs or services can be provided without compensation. The model uses this as an off-registry estimate.
Indirect economic time losses
Not a budget expense, but a separate estimate of lost time: checks, roadblocks, downtime and reduced public activity.
Payroll fund UAH 25.4bn / year
with bonuses and allowances; lower floor after the June update: UAH 19bn / year
Medical commissions via TCC UAH 286.1m / year
UAH 883 per exam × people in the calculation 324,000
Utilities UAH 181.8m / year
UAH 30,000 per network node each month for electricity, heating, water and sewage
Mail and summons printing UAH 71.8m / year
uses the larger of two amounts: person-based calculation or Cabinet decision: UAH 80 × 2; UAH 71.8m.
Enterprise support UAH 972m / year
UAH 3,000 per person via TCC for transport, employers and free transfers
Other running costs UAH 303m / year
UAH 50,000 per network node each month for costs without a separate line
Indirect economic cost UAH 4.09bn / year
500 k people × 5 days; 10 m delays × 15 min.
in model Military pay, bonuses, allowances, leave, sick leave and dismissal payments
46k people × UAH 40k average monthly pay + 15% social reserve; UAH 30k remains the lower floor
in model Utilities and energy
UAH 30k per network node each month, separate from Prozorro
Prozorro + estimate Office equipment, communications, video surveillance, stationery, forms, cartridges
visible tenders plus UAH 50k/node/month other running costs
Prozorro + estimate Fuel, service vehicles, premises repair, vehicle and office-equipment repair
procurement categories plus part of the off-registry burden
tariff + estimate VLK, medical reviews, medical points and medicines
UAH 883 per VLK review; medicines and medical points are covered in the other running costs
in model Postal services and mass summons delivery
minimum UAH 71.82m Cabinet decision; UAH 79.8 per summons is the calculation unit price
Prozorro + estimate Food, waste, advertising, notification, transport from TCCs
separate search markers and the other running costs for spending without direct markers
outside registries Free assets, transport, enterprise services and employer military accounting
UAH 3,000 per person via TCC as distributed enterprise burden
separate estimate Roadblocks, checks, reduced travel and work activity, business downtime
lost-time value: people × days + delay events × hours × average hourly wage
Indirect costs
Indirect costs are counted separately.
This is not a TCC budget expense and is not drawn from one registry, so it is shown separately. When checks and summonses change people's behavior, some work less formally, travel less or postpone errands. Businesses and workers can lose paid time. Calculation input: 500 k people lose 5 working days each; another 10 m delays last 15 minutes each.
The value of time is estimated through the average wage. This is not an exact damage amount, but a way to show the order of magnitude. Average wage used in the calculation: UAH 30,515. One workday: UAH 1,453; one hour: UAH 182.
Calculation model
Cost per result.
The slider changes the estimated share of people who reach the front after TCC processing. The lower the share, the higher the cost per result.
The 10-15% reaching the front is based on Oleksandr Fediienko's public estimate. It is not official General Staff statistics, so it remains adjustable.
Network nodes 505
Annual cost per node UAH 4.07m
TCC payroll / month UAH 1.84bn
VLK per person UAH 883
Utilities / node / month UAH 30,000
Other costs / node / month UAH 50,000
Cabinet floor for print and mail UAH 71.8m
Off-registry cost / person UAH 3,000
Mobilized per month 30,000
TCC mobilization share 90%
Prozorro extrapolation / year UAH 2.05bn
TCC payroll / year UAH 25.4bn
VLK via TCC / year UAH 286.1m
Utilities and energy / year UAH 181.8m
Other running costs / year UAH 303m
Summons print and mail / year UAH 71.8m
Employers, transport, free support / year UAH 972m
Indirect economic costs / year UAH 4.09bn
People mobilized via TCC per year 324,000
Estimated cost per person mobilized via TCC UAH 102,928
Budget cost per fighter at front UAH 903,139
If the network is not scaled and only the visible 2025 Prozorro data is used without indirect economic costs, while still adding payroll, VLK, utilities, mail and off-registry costs, the lower bound is UAH 846,845 per mobilized fighter.
Direct TCCs
Only direct TCC procurement.
This is not the whole TCC price. It shows only procurements where the Prozorro buyer is a TCC, separating open budget data from the wider calculation.
TCCs as buyers UAH 662.2m
1,620 records; the rest goes through other bodies
Zaporizhzhia regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 07835529
UAH 348.3m 35 proc.Dnipropetrovsk regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 08353525
UAH 70.5m 97 proc.Kyiv city TCC and SP EDRPOU 07774420
UAH 64.6m 86 proc.Cherkasy regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 07735288
UAH 21.3m 138 proc.Kharkiv regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 08166355
UAH 21m 79 proc.Zhytomyr regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 07873079
UAH 20.1m 28 proc.Khmelnytskyi regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 08202826
UAH 15.9m 78 proc.Chernivtsi regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 08118534
UAH 15.8m 21 proc.Lviv regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 08412340
UAH 13.7m 38 proc.Kyiv regional TCC and SP EDRPOU 07910662
UAH 12.9m 33 proc.Tender examples
What exactly entered the sample.
Transport UAH 333m
Aviation transport services package
Zaporizhzhia regional TCC and SPNotices and summonses (Prozorro) UAH 10.3mRegistered letters up to 50 g, delivery notice, inventory of contents and bulk courier pickup/delivery
Dnipropetrovsk regional TCC and SPCommunications and mail (Prozorro) UAH 5.99mPostal delivery of written correspondence
Kharkiv regional TCC and SPWaste removal UAH 3.04mRemoval and disposal of solid household waste from military unit, TCC and SP sites in the Zhytomyr and Ozernen garrisons
Zhytomyr housing and utilities officeFood UAH 99,900Catering for conscripts arriving at the Kremenchuk district TCC and SP for VLK and conscription
Kremenchuk city council executive committeeRepair and service UAH 18.3mReconstruction of the Zakarpattia military commissariat / regional TCC building
Zakarpattia regional council joint-property officeFuel UAH 5.5mDiesel generators
Kyiv city TCC and SPIT and equipment UAH 2.14mLaptops
Dnipropetrovsk regional TCC and SPTransport UAH 15mConscript transport services
Dnipropetrovsk regional TCC and SPRepair and service UAH 13.8mMajor repair of the Kyiv city TCC and district TCCs in Kyiv
Kyiv city TCC and SPRepair and service UAH 16.4mReconstruction of the Zakarpattia regional TCC and SP building
Zakarpattia regional council joint-property officeMethodology
What is counted here and what is not.
Prozorro data was collected through public search queries pointing to TCCs, TCC departments, conscripts and mobilization logistics. Records were deduplicated by tender ID.
The sample is not an audit of all budget spending: payroll, closed defense expenditures, internal transfers, military unit spending and some local purchases without explicit text markers are not captured by the procurement search.
Model layers (payroll, VLK, summonses, utilities, other) are added to the Prozorro projection as separate funding areas. There may be partial overlap between the visible postal tenders in the dataset (≈UAH 77m) and the centralized Cabinet summons budget (UAH 71.82m). The overlap is under 0.5% of the total, so the model treats layers as additive and estimates an upper bound rather than a precise sum.
The 10-15% range reaching the front line is based on Oleksandr Fediienko's public comment. It is not official General Staff statistics, so the calculator keeps it as an adjustable parameter.
Checks
What to verify before drawing conclusions.
Queries create a working sample, not a substitute for a budget audit.
Repeated matches from different queries are collapsed into one record.
The largest tender in the slice is shown separately because it materially changes the 2026 timeline.
Downloadable data
The analytical dataset can be downloaded and checked separately.
The files contain the raw Prozorro snapshot, aggregated tables, calculation-model parameters, cost layers and source list. They let readers check the sample, rerun the formulas or replace disputed assumptions.
Raw Prozorro JSON Deduplicated procurement records from the working snapshot.Summary JSON Raw search aggregates and initial categorization results.Model JSON Parameters, derived values, normalized page tables and control groups.Cost layers CSV Calculation layer table with amounts, formulas and confidence levels.Sources CSV Source list with URLs and short notes.
Sources
Prozorro public search/API Search queries: TCC, TCC and SP, district TCC, regional TCC, municipal TCC, territorial recruitment center, conscripts.OpenProcurement API documentation Public API, batching and request-rate constraints.MoD directory of all TCCs and SPs Official contact page for regional, city and district TCCs and their departments.Cabinet Resolution No. 154 Regulation on territorial recruitment and social support centers.Syrskyi: TCCs provide about 90% of mobilization Used as the source for the TCC mobilization share in the calculation calculator.Zelenskyy: 30,000 mobilized monthly in 2024 Used as the baseline mobilization-volume estimate for the calculation.Cabinet: UAH 71.82m for printing and mailing 900k summonses Used for the unit cost of one centralized summons: about UAH 79.8 for printing and postal delivery.Cabinet Resolution No. 560 on conscription during mobilization Describes sending summonses by registered mail with an inventory of contents and delivery notice.Ukrposhta: tariffs for letters and documents Tariff frame for letters, delivery notices and inventory of contents.Fediienko: 10-15% of mobilized people reach the front Used for the calculation cost per mobilized fighter; the source reports a Radio Liberty broadcast.TCC salaries: AFU response to Novyny.Live / TSN Ranges of payments for military, civil-service and technical TCC personnel.MoD: pay reform from June 2026 The MoD announced the reform from June, with at least UAH 30k for rear positions and increases for commanders, sergeants and officers.MoD: components of military pay Officially explains that pay consists of base and additional payments: position, seniority, allowances, supplements and monthly bonus.Defense Forces: salaries and military payments Minimum military pay and additional UAH 30k/50k/100k rewards.MoD 2026 military-pay guide Contains the pay structure and monthly bonus tables by tariff grade.Cabinet Resolution No. 704 on military pay Core regulatory frame for position pay, rank pay and allowances.MoD: VLK reviews from TCCs are paid from the state budget Medical review, lab and instrumental studies are free for the person; the amount is UAH 883 per review.MoD: how VLK works in 2026 VLKs attached to district, city and regional TCCs are deployed, among other places, in municipal healthcare facilities.Fastiv city council: support program for district TCC and mobilization preparation Example of a local program with equipment, office equipment, medical devices, notification and support for district TCC activity.Ivano-Frankivsk regional council: mobilization preparation 2023-2027 Example of a regional program where responsible parties include the regional TCC, regional and district administrations, and military units.Law on Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization Contains duties of authorities, enterprises and citizens regarding notification, arrival, buildings, transport and services.Regulation on the military transport obligation Describes free use of enterprise transport and equipment during the special period.Cabinet Resolution No. 1487 on military accounting Places military-accounting, responsible staff, training and reconciliation with TCCs on enterprises and public authorities.Tax Service: free transfer of goods for defense Tax clarification on free transfers of goods and services for defense needs.State Statistics: average wage of a full-time employee UAH 30,515 in April 2026 is used as the estimate for the workday and hourly value in the indirect-loss calculation.EBA / OLX Jobs: staffing crisis and mobilization 60% of employers reported a staffing crisis due to mobilization, migration and labor shortages; used as context for external economic costs.Constitution of Ukraine: right to information Article 34 guarantees the right to freely collect, store, use and disseminate information within limits set by law.Law of Ukraine “On Information” Contains the right to information, the concept of public interest and Article 30 on value judgments.Law of Ukraine “On Access to Public Information” Defines access to public information, open data and transparency principles for public authorities.Law of Ukraine “On Public Procurement” Establishes principles of maximum economy, efficiency, proportionality, openness and transparency in procurement.Honcharenko: 46k TCC workers and at least UAH 1bn/month Used as a lower public estimate of payroll, not as an official staffing audit.
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