‘Everyone's afraid to die’: Struggle to recruit soldiers in Ukraine turns violent
- 6 hours agoSarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent , KyivBBCVasyl Krupych, a serving soldier, was assaulted while out searching for draft dodgersVasyl Krupych knows what it is to fight for Ukraine.
- He describes terrifying scenes from battles in the eastern Donbas region where, sometimes praying, sometimes crying, the machine gunner somehow survived the onslaught by Russian troops.
- But last December, by then serving in the rear, Krupych was attacked by his own countrymen whilst out searching for draft dodgers.
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- 6 hours agoSarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent , KyivBBCVasyl Krupych, a serving soldier, was assaulted while out searching for draft dodgersVasyl Krupych knows what it is to fight for Ukraine.
- He describes terrifying scenes from battles in the eastern Donbas region where, sometimes praying, sometimes crying, the machine gunner somehow survived the onslaught by Russian troops.
- But last December, by then serving in the rear, Krupych was attacked by his own countrymen whilst out searching for draft dodgers.
Sources: BBC News