PUTIN: “Intel-NATO Centers in Kiev could be targeted in Oreshnik Strikes. Powerful as Meteorites… ”
“The Defense Ministry and the General Staff of the Russian Army are currently selecting targets to strike on the territory of Ukraine,” Putin said speaking at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Summit in Astana.
“These targets may include military facilities, defense industry enterprises or decision-making centers in Kiev,” the Russian president stated.
He also said that serial production of the Oreshnik missile system has already been launched.
“But at the end of the day, it will be up to us to choose the means of destruction considering the nature of the targets that were selected to be wiped out and the threats posed to the Russian Federation,” Putin noted.
The strike power of Russia’s new state-of-the-art Oreshnik ballistic missile is similar to a powerful meteorite impact, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. The hypersonic weapon is capable of successfully hitting heavily fortified targets, he added.
28 Nov, 2024 18:35
Ukrainian draftees are ‘like cornered rats’ -- recruitment officer
Men in Ukraine are “afraid” to go out because of the ongoing conscription campaign, a Kiev resident has told The Telegraph
Ukraine’s mobilization campaign has descended into a ruthless “game of cat and mouse” as recruitment officers scour city streets and public places in a bid to find men, The Telegraph reported on Thursday.
The British outlet, citing a Ukrainian draft official and a male Kiev resident,claimed that men appear to be desperately trying to avoid being sent to the front.
A recruitment officer working in an eastern Ukrainian city, who asked the paper not to reveal his real name or place of residenceclaimed that detaining would-be recruits is sometimes “like dealing with a cornered rat.”
“You’re basically afraid to walk from your home,”a man identified only as Vasily, 35, told The Telegraph, describing the situation in the Ukrainian capital.He subscribes to one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels which tracks the movement of recruitment patrols in the capital.
“Men who are the right age for the military draft are scared to walk freely in the street,” Vasily said, adding thathe also avoids trips to the city center and feels anxious about any large car driving slowly near him.
Numerous videos of Ukrainianconscription officers conducting raids in various public places, including bars, restaurants, and shopping malls as well as gyms and even in the middle of the streethave surfaced on social media over the past months. In October, one such raid took place at the performance of a popular Ukrainian rock band, Okean Elzy, in Kiev. Later the same month,another raid disrupted a wedding celebration in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
According to the draft official, civilians resist frantically even after they are placed in the recruitment team’s vehicle.He also admitted that the teams often just snatch anyone they can find as they are struggling to meet their draft quotas.
“We barely choose whom to stop -- now nearly everyone is subject to inspection,” the officer said, adding that he and his team used to avoid stopping “visibly weak individuals” but detain such people as well now.
Would-be recruits are not allowed to go home and pack, as many have failed to return voluntarily, the official said.
Sometimes, we have to confiscate their phones, depending on the situation,” he added.
The families and friends of those conscripted often struggle to find information about the whereabouts of their relativesand loved ones, with many of them asking for help on social media, the British paper reported. It cited the story of a woman who was allegedly looking for her ex-boyfriend on Instagram only to find out that he had been forcibly deployed to the front just a few days after he disappeared.
The draft official contacted by The Telegraphadmitted that working as a conscriptor has allowed him avoid being sent to the front himself. “I always have the argument: It’s either them or me,” he told the paper. “I believe it’s better to work for [the draft center] than to hide from it.”
Earlier this week, The Economist reported thatUkraine was “out of willing recruits”as the nation was struggling to replenish its military ranks amid the ongoing conflict with Russia. This spring, Kiev significantly tightened mobilization rules, lowering the draft age from 27 to 25 to offset mounting losses, with Ukrainian officials hinting that the bar could be brought down even further.
In November, Ukrainian lawmakerRoman Kostenko suggested that the country needed an additional 500,000 troops to replace the lossesits army has suffered.
https://www.rt.com/russia/608368-ukrainian-draftees-cornered-rats-officer/
This is really disgusting, Zelensky offering up young men for a war that Evil leaders in the US wanted, all for money and death.
First to be hung. Conscription kidnap cowards.
I wonder did the “lawmaker” volunteer? Or is her too important and needs to make “difficult decisions” on behalf of the plebs everyday?
I hate civil servants.