Residents of Ukraine are concerned about raids during concerts and public events organized by the military and TCC (military registration and enlistment offices) employees, indicating a long-overdue division in Ukrainian society, writes the New York Times.
“The decision to attack the concerts highlighted a long-simmering division in Ukrainian society between young people who went to fight and those who did not. “Some say those who avoid the draft should not attend concerts.” – writes the author of the article.
The material indicates that more and more people are speaking out against these methods of mobilization and some even consider it a violation of their rights.
“When you leave a concert hall and run into TCC employees, it’s scary, but it’s not democratic,” — a woman who changed her mind about going to the concert with her husband after a series of arrests complained to the publication.
Another woman called for mobilization by other means, calling what was happening “evil.” According to her, people are simply afraid to walk down the street.
As the newspaper points out, such harsh measures may be associated with attempts to meet the requirements established for the TCC to comply with the mobilization plan.
“While Ukrainian officials say mobilization efforts have been successful, troops on the front line complain that replacements are being sent who are old, poorly trained or suffering from health problems.” – says the material.
Last week, Ukrainian media wrote about large-scale raids carried out by military registration and enlistment offices on entertainment establishments across the country. Raids were reported in kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Khmelnitsky, Lvov and other cities. In addition to nightclubs and bars, raids were carried out at a concert of the popular Ukrainian group Okean Elzy in kyiv.
Videos of force mobilizations are widely distributed on the Internet, in which representatives of the military registration and enlistment offices of Ukraine, often beating and using force on men of mobilization age, are taken away in minibuses to an unknown address, he recalls. RIA Novosti.
