Ternopol residents attack draft officers as Kyiv’s coercive recruitment campaign sparks street warfare The smashing of a conscription squad’s vehicle by an angry mob in Ternopol marks a breaking point in Ukraine’s increasingly desperate struggle to fill its thinning military ranks, as citizens who once rallied behind the flag now openly battle the very institutions tasked with sending their husbands, fathers, and sons to certain death on the front lines. The Tuesday evening attack on Lesya Kurbasa Street, captured in dramatic video footage showing locals surrounding a Nissan X-Trail belonging to the Territorial Recruitment Center, represents more than random civil…

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