- manhandled by seven troops and forced into a yellow van
- recruiter punches man to bait him into agitation, the others take him down, slamming him into some stairs, beating him and shoving him into a van
- witnesses film man detained by recruiters on a side walk as they drive by
- woman captured on security camera bidding her husband(?) farewell as he is suddenly conscripted in public, after stepping out of his vehicle
- family try to protect man as he is forcefully conscripted
- man physically coerced into recruitment bus by armed soldiers
- drivers film man being chased on foot by recruiters
- man held down and zip tied by recruiters
- man beaten and shoved into the trunk of a van
- man beams recruiter in the face with a rock before making a run for it
- man grasps onto sign post as he is manhandled by several recruiters
- man appears to break down into tears from a distance as he is coerced into military service
- family cries out and attempts to rescue man from recruitment
BONUS (related):
- Zelensky admits it is in US interests to use Ukraine
- Ukrainian soldiers explain why they are refusing orders (Jan 2023)
- foreman 2nd grade Shalimov Oleg Nikolaevich of volunteer 35th brigade 3rd battalion explains how he is frustrated with a government policy which fails to compensate the families of fallen soldiers if their bodies aren't recovered. He points out that bodies often cannot be recovered because they are behind enemy lines or there is no identifiable physical remains left to recover.
well if they run out of Ukrainians to feed into the meatgrinder, wouldn't the next logical step be mercenaries?
Me slowly becoming pro Ukraine when American pmcs are contracted to be slaughtered against Russian pmcs and vis versa
american volunteers and mercenaries have been there for a while, since before the russians, fighting in the civil war.
I dunno.
At this point, any mercs that actually pay attention would probably find work elsewhere and those who are more "adventurism" oriented won't live much past a few engagements to make a difference.
They are already using mercenaries, apparently r/russianwarfootage or something produced some Columbian mercenaries getting into fights with Ukrainians over not getting paid, got pepper sprayed and beat iirc.
what's even more fucked up is the social dynamic at play. recruiters become recruiters because it grants them the special privilege of avoiding the front lines. they get to go around abducting unarmed civilians all day, so they don't have to lay around in a trench waiting to get hit by artillery.
I've been looking for this video for a while. Thanks for finding it and posting it.
unlike youtube links, you can actually save them without using an external tool
Actually sweetie the war is going really well and men are lining up in droves to fight
This is honestly more unsettling and disturbing than the actual war footage
At least in the combat footage, there's that sense of things already having been decided, that you're just watching the last extremity of a thousand small steps. The environment is often ruined, looking like a place where people die, the faces are dour or blank, and it all serves to prepare you mentally for what you know is about to happen.
But to be on a normal city street, just going out on a sunny day with your family or friends, and suddenly a uniformed government squad circle around you like vultures and present you for the first time with an inevitable, violent, pointless death, right there outside the smoothie place, and just like that your world is over.
Waiting for the usual flock of Lemmy libs to Kramer into this thread and explain why this is Good, Actually
I wish these recruiters a very armed resistance. If anything good at all can come of this, let it be an abiding and bone-deep mistrust of militarism among the common people of Ukraine
