Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday.
Officers descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert Friday night by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy. Video footage aired by local media outlets appears to show officers stationed outside the doors of the concert hall intercepting men as they exit. In the footage, officers appear to be forcibly detaining some men.
Checks were also conducted at Goodwine, an upscale shopping center, and Avalon, a popular restaurant.
It is unusual for such raids to take place in the capital, and reflects Ukraine’s dire need for fresh recruits. All Ukrainian men aged 25-60 are eligible for conscription, and men aged 18-60 are not allowed to leave the country.
It’s amazing we’re paying for this instead of healthcare. I totally love emy tax dollars forcing people to kill or be tortured by their own country.
Where in the world are you? In my part my tax money goes far enough to pay for both. And free university studies so that no one has to take loans.
Does your country have national debt, or is it affording to pay for all those things while keeping balance?
That’s a weird question. All countries have national debt because that’s the way governments work.
If the question was about how sustainable it is, then you should know that only Japan and Italy have worse debt to GDP ratios than the US. That means that whatever the ratio is for his country, it’s more sustainable than what the US is currently doing.
Oh god damn it, did I miss that ballot measure?
You know, I try and vote in every election, but I somehow missed the vote on “Support Ukraine or Universal Healthcare Care”.
Shit.
As things stand with the major political parties in the US you’ll get neither.
Support for Ukraine is waning in the Dems, and the Reps are a Russian puppet. But as Israel is heading to war with Iran, both parties will sacrifice Ukraine, so that they can focus their war efforts on Iran.
That would still help Ukraine. I loathe the lack of support from my party and of course the Republicans are basically Z fascists at this point. But cutting up one part of the Russia, Iran, North Korea axis would help Ukraine if only indirectly. The worst thing we could do is do nothing.
If the US stops or drastically reduces military aid to Ukraine and moves its surveillance efforts to West Asia, that will devastate Ukraines war effort. Iran only sells some missiles to Russia. Ending that is in no proportion to what Ukraine would loose in US support.
Also the resulting Oil price hike would replenish Russias war chest and drive another global recession, reducing the willingness of EU countries to step up their military support.
Your lips are moving and you’re complaining.
You’re not paying for it instead of healthcare. The US federal government already spends twice what comparable countries do per person on healthcare. The problem is not Ukraine.
not to mention the money “going to ukraine” is just being used to replace us stockpiled weapons, which the US would have spent anyways.
If you’re arguing that we should reduce military spending in the face of a increasingly imperialist Russia, then you might as well save yourself the time and move to Russia, if you’re not there already.
I was about to say, aren’t we just giving them old outdated weapons and equipment anyway that we were going to replace? I mean sure we pass a Ukraine bill every now and then but I don’t think it’s costing us as much as people think.
It actually boosts our economy.
Lol shut up tankie
This would be the same in every country.
As others have said, every time this gets brought up, the counterpoint is that we already pay more for healthcare than other countries, and there is 0 response.
At some point it’s just old man yells at cloud.