‘Everyone's afraid to die’: Struggle to recruit soldiers in Ukraine turns violent
When his patrol gave chase, Krupych was badly beaten with a crowbar. It's a huge problem and it's going to get worse."Image caption, Ivan Stupak said that Ukraine's high command was forced to use "busification" to tackle a lack of manpower on the battlefieldMilitary analyst Ivan Stupak agrees."We started to suffer a lack of manpower on the battlefield, constant losses," he recalls. When I asked what's happening, one started to beat me to the head.
- ▪When his patrol gave chase, Krupych was badly beaten with a crowbar.
- ▪It's a huge problem and it's going to get worse."Image caption, Ivan Stupak said that Ukraine's high command was forced to use "busification" to tackle a lack of manpower on the battlefieldMilitary analyst Ivan Stupak agrees."We started to
- ▪When I asked what's happening, one started to beat me to the head.
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‘Everyone's afraid to die’: Struggle to recruit soldiers in Ukraine turns violentImage caption, Vasyl Krupych, a serving soldier, was assaulted while out searching for draft dodgersBySarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent , Reporting fromKyivPublished3 hours agoVasyl Krupych knows what it is to fight for Ukraine.He describes terrifying scenes from battles in the eastern Donbas region where, sometimes praying, sometimes crying, the machine gunner somehow survived the onslaught by Russian troops.But last December, by then serving in the rear, Krupych was attacked by his own countrymen whilst out searching for draft dodgers.He says two men ignored demands to show their documents and fled. When his patrol gave chase, Krupych was badly beaten with a crowbar.
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