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| Former SBU Colonel: Incident with Military Commissars in Western Ukraine Sends Signal to Kyiv |
| 2024-07-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The incident in the village of Vorokhta in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, where local residents blocked the road for the employees of the TCC (territorial recruitment center, an analogue of the Russian military registration and enlistment office) is a signal for the authorities in Kiev, said retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov. He expressed his opinion in an interview with journalist Alexander Shelest (an individual recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent). The former SBU employee recalled that the incident took place in Western Ukraine, where, according to Starikov, the way of life differs from the way of life in other parts of the country. He called the incident a serious wake-up call for the Ukrainian leadership. Starikov noted that the people who blocked the road could not be accused of pro-Russian sentiments. The colonel also warned that if Kyiv decides to take repressive measures, such steps will have unpredictable consequences. As reported by the Regnum news agency, in early June it became known that several dozen people near the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir tried to break through to the TCC building after a conscript died there. Some of those gathered managed to break through to the institution's territory. On July 8, information appeared that in Ukraine, TCC employees are catching men on city streets, traveling in ambulances. In addition, military commissars come to those who decided to call a taxi. |
| Posted by:badanov |