It’s not a topic people here care to discuss much, wary of feeding Russian propaganda.
But the latest National Police Service report recorded more than 600 assaults on recruitment officers to date and warned that the aggression has become “increasingly threatening”.
The first big alert came in April when several recruiters were stabbed, one fatally. Then this month in Lviv, some 200 protesters surrounded officers attempting to detain a suspected draft dodger and smashed and overturned their car.
The riot made headlines as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned violence against serving soldiers.
The only other* way to get them to stop is to let them finish
E: I condone fighting back against rapists, but I also understand why people might not fight back
Both sides are exhausted. It’s time to reach a negotiated settlement.
Yes, and the negotiation is that russia fucks back off to its pre 2014 borders.