The so-called \u201cbusification\u201d of military-age men has repeatedly triggered confrontations between draft officers and civilians<\/p>\n
A Ukrainian TV employee has been forcibly detained by a press gang outside his workplace in Kiev, with footage showing police and draft enforcers in military fatigues shoving the resisting man into a vehicle.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred outside the main studio of Inter, one of Ukraine\u2019s major national television channels. The detained man was identified by local media as an editing director working for the broadcaster\u2019s news operation.
\nThe clip, posted on Telegram on Sunday, captures a chaotic scene outside the studio as several officers surround the employee while other people attempt to intervene.
\nScuffles can also be seen nearby, with a man in military fatigues pushing a civilian to the ground.
\nThe footage appears to have been recorded by the detained man\u2019s colleagues, who can be heard warning the officers that their conduct will be shown on television.<\/p>\n
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The Kiev branch of the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support (TCC), the body overseeing mobilization, later defended the detention, insisting that the officers had done nothing unlawful.
\nAccording to the TCC, the editing director had no registered deferment from military service and was wanted for violating Ukraine\u2019s mobilization rules. The agency added that neither the employee nor his employer had taken steps to secure his exemption.<\/p>\n
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Polish PM reveals \u2018record\u2019 Ukrainian casualty figures<\/p>\n
Ukraine barred most military-age men from leaving the country after the conflict with Russia escalated in February 2022 and later lowered the minimum mobilization age from 27 to 25.
\nThe country\u2019s conscription drive has become increasingly contentious amid Kiev\u2019s battlefield setbacks and a shortage of willing recruits.
\nUkraine does not provide regular updates on its battlefield losses, but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said last week that Ukrainian forces had recently been suffering around 27,000 killed and wounded per month, citing information from Ukrainian partners.
\nRussian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, meanwhile, said in December that Ukraine had lost nearly 500,000 troops killed or wounded in 2025 alone.
\nNumerous videos of so-called \u201cbusification\u201d \u2013 a term Ukrainians use for the forcible detention and transportation of military-age men to recruitment centers \u2013 have circulated online. Such incidents have repeatedly triggered confrontations between TCC personnel and civilians.<\/p>\n
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Moscow has long accused Kiev of seeking to fight \u201cto the last Ukrainian\u201d at the behest of Western powers that are waging a proxy war against Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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