Posted on 10/16/2022 12:31:30 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this past week unannounced. They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw. Some musicians, rehearsing. A courier there to deliver a parcel. A man from a Moscow service agency, very drunk, in his mid-50s, with a walking disability.
“I have no idea why they took him,” said Alexei, who, like dozens of others in the office complex, was rounded up and taken to the nearest military enlistment office, part of a harsh new phase in the Russian drive.
In cities and towns across Russia, men of fighting age are going into hiding to avoid the officials who are seizing them and sending them to fight in Ukraine.
Police and military press-gangs in recent days have snatched men off the streets and outside Metro stations. They’ve lurked in apartment building lobbies to hand out military summonses. They’ve raided office blocks and hostels. They’ve invaded cafes and restaurants, blocking the exits.
At a predawn sweep on the Mipstroy1 construction company dormitories on Thursday, they took more than 200 men. On Oct. 9, they rounded up dozens at a Moscow shelter for the homeless.
The press-gangs appear to descend at random. It is terrifying — and, at times, comically haphazard. Alexei, a 30-something pacifist, lives with his cat and, until he was hauled off, enjoyed hanging out with friends in bars, cafes and parks, going to concerts and planning his next holiday in Europe. (He and others in this report spoke on the condition that his last name be withheld out of concern for his safety. The Washington Post has confirmed the raid, but could not independently verify the details he provided.)
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Except for business men on balconies.
I am sure all of these men are highly motivated.😆😏
This reads like a propaganda piece to me...
Only an idiot would believe a British tabloid when it come to war coverage regarding the British military and foreign policy. Are you that type of idiot Snake?
(/ watch this)
Hey Victor were out of wadka.
Go down to the corner market and get some more.
[van door opens, van door closes]
I never liked that guy.
Here, I got some more behind the couch.
I bet a lot of the men are homosexuals.
Should be great news for Zeepers! [if true]
Many reports ( actual video) showing the Ukies grabbing 60 year old men leaving church to give them their conscription notices. Grabbing 18 year olds of legal conscription age is one matter, grabbing 60 year old men entirely different.
Unfortunately, war treats both sides equally, regardless of sex, age, color, nationality, political party, …..none are favored.
It does read like a propaganda piece.
It makes no sense either. Pacifist sweet soul press-ganged in to the military - yet they let him give an interview to foreign news reporters.
Which news source do you find acceptable?
I saw a report this morning that one recent conscript at a training facility turned his weapon on everyone else and killed 17 and injured I think 19.
Most of the ones who don't try to sell the "FairNFree 2020 Election" snake oil, of which the BezosBlog [aka The Washingsnot Pest] in NOT one.
You believe The Pest and CIA Bob Woodward?
If you have to ask....
And then they wonder why after they kidnapped these guys, then hand them assault rifles to train with, they go and shoot up the trainers and training center. The wonder of it all. /s
An army lives and dies by morale. Russia is doomed if these reports are true.
I read everything with a grain of salt but I particularly distrust corporate media.
An army lives and dies by morale.
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So, I take it you think the Ukies who are on their 8th mobilization with all 18-60 year olds and NOW conscripting woman has high moral? I suggest you read some Ukie social media pages written by Ukie woman.
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