New Cold War.org, June 14, 2015

The following is a partial translation of a news item appearing in the Ukraine news outlet Segodnya (Today), on June 13, 2015. It is headlined, ‘Military commissars search for recruits in street markets and supermarkets’.

A new round of hunting for recruits has failed in Ukraine. This one is the fifth wave of military conscription within one year. All previous rounds were not fulfilled. It seems almost no one wants to fight for the government in this civil war.

Only one out of 12 recruits receiving call-up paper appears voluntarily to defend the country. To fulfill the plan, military officers have staged round-ups in hostels, stopped cars with traffic police right on the roads, and searched markets and supermarkets. Lawyers say the roundups are all about reaching recruitment goals and they violate citizens’ rights.