Occupiers are forcibly mobilizing locals/From the archive of Channel 24
Materials often appear on the net, where men from the temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions are forcibly mobilized in the army of pseudo-republics. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the occupiers are trying to attract as many forces as possible, which will become “cannon fodder”.
ShareFbTwiTelegramViberShareFbTwiTelegramViber. The ex-prisoner left his native Luhansk region at the end of 2017 during the release from the captivity of militants, but now he communicates with fellow countrymen.
it gave them pleasure, – the ex-prisoner spoke about the horrors of captivity
Forced mobilization in the Luhansk region
Vladislav Ovcharenko was captured in hostile captivity in the Luhansk region in 2016. The guy stayed “in the basement” for almost 15 months. However, he still keeps in touch with his countrymen and knows about the forced mobilization.
Young guys are afraid to say a word in their apartment so that the neighbors won’t hear them and hand them over to the commandant’s office for mobilization,” the former prisoner of the Kremlin said.
Former prisoner of the Kremlin Vladislav Ovcharenko/Photo by Valentina Polishchuk, Channel 24
What the authorities and local residents say
On July 17, the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that now takes place in the temporarily occupied territories. There, mobilization continues all the time. As of now, the militants have announced the second wave of mobilization.
Ukrainian blogger Denis Kazansky published a message on his telegram channel where men tried to forcibly mobilize in the temporarily occupied territory of Donbass. However, a local store clerk was able to save him.
Donbas residents resist terrorists/Screenshot from Denis Kazansky's Telegram channel
