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I mean better than snatching people off the street??
Don't worry, they're doing that, too.
Source? I know Ukraine is doing a lot didn't know that about Russia
They even do it in Crimea, which is yet another war crime. You're not allowed to draft from occupied territories.
https://khpg.org/en/1608811193#%3A%7E%3Atext=Forced+mobilization%2C+even+of+men%2Con+territory+seized+since+then.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/russia-forces-ukrainians-occupied-areas-military#%3A%7E%3Atext=Since+occupying+Crimea+in+2014%2Cclose+to+30%2C000+Crimean+men.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/11/01/crimea-conscription-violates-international-law#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+United+Nations+%28UN%29+Human%2Cby+Russian+authorities+in+Crimea.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/19/penza-authorities-forcibly-mobilizing-men-into-military-reports-a93055
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russian-police-arrest-hundreds-at-mobilization-protests-in-major-cities#%3A%7E%3Atext=In+Moscow%2C+a+heavy+contingent%2Cthe+men+who+were+arrested.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Penza_Oblast_mobilisation
Do we now get to watch you somehow ignore all of these sources?
Thanks for the backup on the sources, unfederated friend.