Russians forcibly mobilise about 60,000 men from occupied territories – Ukraine's Defence Intelligence

Since early 2022, Russia has forcibly mobilised between 55,000 and 60,000 men into its army in Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories.

Source: Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence on Telegram; representative of the Defence Intelligence Andrii Cherniak, in a commentary for Donbas Realii (Donbass Realities), a project by Radio Liberty

Quote: "This is a violent mobilisation: the invaders catch people on the street, they come to those small businesses that are still working and forcibly take people away − simply let them change their clothes and send them to the front."

Details: The intelligence official added that people were promised they would be serving on the second or third line of defence, but in fact were sent to the front line.

Cherniak also added that the Russians swell their ranks with students from the occupied Ukrainian territories.

He said that students were sent to the front directly from their classes, without any kind of proper training.

Cherniak stressed that the only real opportunity to survive for those mobilised from the occupied territories is to surrender at the first opportunity.

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