Ukrainian Conscription Officers Assault, Attempt to Press Gang 14-Year-Old
The story of a 14-year-old boy who was kidnapped at gunpoint by a group of conscription officers is going viral in Ukraine. The shocking incident took place last week in the Odessa oblast according to the website Bessarabia Info, which cited local department of social protection head Oksana Terzi.
The young teenager was reportedly walking alone in the village of Priozernoye to meet his girlfriend when a white minivan pulled up beside him. Four men wearing military uniforms and balaclavas emerged; one pressed a rifle against the boy’s temple while forcing him into the car.
“The kid plays sports so the self-defense instinct kicked in,” explained Terzi. “He began to struggle and the attackers restrained him, hitting him in the back with an assault rifle. They beat him and tied his hands with a plastic tie.”
She speculated the soldiers assumed the boy was an adult due to his broad shoulders.
The men drove for some time before asking the age of the teenager. They initially didn’t believe him when he claimed he was only 14.
“When he said how old he was they didn’t believe him and asked for his passport,” said Terzi. “When they realized that they were transporting a minor they threw him out of the van.” The men reportedly threatened the boy not to report the incident.
Local authorities were contacted after the teenager told his teachers at school about the event. Police are investigating the incident as a kidnapping.
The episode brought light to the violent tactics increasingly used by Ukrainian conscription officers as the country’s desperate military continues to press ganging draftees. Raids have been carried out in gyms, restaurants, shopping malls and on city streets to combat draft dodging, which is reportedly widespread.
Neighboring Russia is meanwhile reporting a surge of volunteers at military recruitment centers.
President Volodymyr Zelensky recently signed legislation lowering Ukraine’s draft age from 27 to 25, but the country has had difficulty recruiting young servicemembers due to an ongoing demographic crisissince its emergence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Three Injured in Ukrainian Attack on Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
Multiple explosive-laden Ukrainian drones targeted the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday, hitting several parts of the facility, Russia’s nuclear energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. At least three employees were injured in the attack, the agency added.
According to a Telegram post by the facility’s Russian management, one kamikaze UAV struck near the power plant’s canteen, damaging a nearby truck. Another drone exploded in the vicinity of the cargo port. The attack on the plant’s canteen left at least three employees injured, Rosatom said in a separate statement.
“20 minutes before the attack, [International Atomic Energy Agency] experts were conducting an inspection of this territory,” the management said.
The nuclear power station, the largest in Europe, was integrated under Moscow’s control in 2022, early in the Ukraine conflict. Rosatom formally took it over after Zaporozhye Region was incorporated into Russia following a referendum in the autumn of that year.
Kiev has repeatedly claimed that Moscow keeps heavy weaponry on the premises of the power plant. Russia has accused Ukraine of shelling the facility and risking a major nuclear incident.
The power plant’s representatives accused the Ukrainian military of targeting the dome of the sixth power unit, but no critical damage or casualties were reported. It also reported that radiation levels around the power plant remained normal.
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The management of the facility stressed, however, that “no nuclear power plant in the world is built to withstand full-scale fire impact by an armed force.”
On Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on the “IAEA and its leadership to actively use the experts present at the station to publicly record all cases of attacks from the Ukrainian side and clearly state where the threat to the safe operation of this facility really comes from.”
Commenting on Ukrainian strikes earlier this week, which threatened to cut off the power plant from its source of electricity needed for cooling, the international nuclear watchdog said it was aware of the incident and was studying it.
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