Source: The Standard [UK]
“Ukrainian military recruitment officers have raided Kyiv nightspots as they hunt for men evading the draft. Officers swooped on restaurants, bars and a concert hall in the Ukrainian capital, checking military registration documents and detaining men whose paperwork was not in order. One of the venues they raided was Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy. Video footage aired by local media outlets showed officers stationed outside the doors of the concert hall intercepting and detaining some men as they came out. … All Ukrainian men aged 25-60 are eligible for conscription and men aged 18-60 are not allowed to leave the country. Ukraine is desperate for more troops as the war against Russia, which has far superior numbers, continues.” (10/14/24)