Ordinary Ukrainians are physically blocking military recruiters from forcibly drafting men in public spaces, with videos showing crowds intervening to free conscripts – highlighting collapsing public trust in Kyiv’s leadership. Ukraine’s Territorial Center of Recruitment (TCK) operates with impunity – ambushing men near schools, playgrounds and stores, using beatings, kidnappings and armed intimidation to replenish frontline troops. Eyewitness accounts and footage reveal violent scenes: Recruiters punching civilians in front of children, armed officers dragging men from stores and authorities openly disregarding injuries or deaths during conscription operations. Ukrainians are disillusioned by reports of conscripts dying under suspicious circumstances (e.g., Jozsef Sebestyen’s death) and the…