Ukraine Is so Desperate for Troops It's Taking Passports, Tried to Recruit Mentally Disabled Man

PugJesus , 6 months ago

The only part of this that is even mildly surprising is that a mentally disabled man was caught up in the trawl, and even that's not that surprising considering the vast size and apathy to nuance of military bureaucracy. Ukraine has restricted movement for men available for conscription since the start of the war.

autotldr Bot , 6 months ago

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The taxi driver from the Ukrainian city of Kitsman who declined to give his name out of fear of retribution told the Times that military recruiters seized his passport and only returned it to him days later after he showed up to a medical screening.

Attorneys and activists told the news outlet that the aggressive tactics — which have allegedly included physical force — exceed the limits of recruiters’ authority and are blatantly illegal in some cases.

The man, Hryhorii Harasym, was cleared for duty with certain restrictions and summoned for mobilization, the Times reported, citing military documents.

“They summoned to the army a person with an official diagnosis of ‘mental disability’ from childhood,” Tetiana Fefchak, an attorney who was able to block Harasym’s conscription, told the Times.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense responded to the accusations of forced conscription in a statement to the Times, saying: “Changes to the legislation relating to mobilization and demobilization processes are currently being developed in the Verkhovna Rada,” the country’s parliament.

Ukraine’s military, like Russia’s, has suffered massive losses on the battlefield since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of the country in February 2022.

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