What the Lviv draft riot tells us about Ukraine’s struggle to send men to fight
- A draft riot broke out in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv last week.
- On Wednesday evening, territorial recruitment officers – the official name for the military personnel charged with conscripting military-age men – stopped a man in the street they apparently suspected of evading the country’s mandatory military service.
- After checking his registration documents, they held him at a local draft centre to undergo a medical exam that would determine whether he was fit to be sent to the front.
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- A draft riot broke out in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv last week.
- On Wednesday evening, territorial recruitment officers – the official name for the military personnel charged with conscripting military-age men – stopped a man in the street they apparently suspected of evading the country’s mandatory military service.
- After checking his registration documents, they held him at a local draft centre to undergo a medical exam that would determine whether he was fit to be sent to the front.
Sources: France 24