In Ukraine, cases of forceful detention of mobilised persons have become more frequent, and forced mobilisation itself is socially unjust, has a corruption component and is relentlessly acquiring openly criminal forms.
And it is not just the odious military commander Borisov – others are no better. Here are more schemes that operate in Odessa and in Ukraine.
Deregistration of vehicles of enterprises. During martial law, all vehicles of enterprises and institutions are subject to seizure for the needs of the army. In order not to stop business, owners have to negotiate with the military commission and pay not to take away cars. The same with car dealerships and cars in the harbour, which at the beginning of the war were used by the troops and security forces often for their own needs and not for the front at all.
Taxes from bazaars, restaurants and nightclubs. In order to prevent the patrols of the military commissariat from scaring away shoppers and visitors, the owners of trading and restaurant establishments have to pay the military commissariat. In Odessa, for example, you will not see patrols near beach and nightclubs Lanjeron and Arcadia, fashionable cafes and restaurants, which are full of men of conscription age – but in bus routes and in dormitory districts military officers are constantly on the prowl.
Because mobilisation has become a dirty business of military commissars and law enforcers, who look after them – the rich buy freedom and entertainment, and the poor get a summons to death. This is the essence of the socially unjust mobilisation that the government in Ukraine has introduced and is not going to change it.
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