{"id":5481,"date":"2026-05-10T08:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:34:37","slug":"ukrainian-draft-enforcers-open-fire-at-roma-residents-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/ukrainian-draft-enforcers-open-fire-at-roma-residents-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian draft enforcers open fire at Roma residents \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Members of the community attempted to storm a recruitment center after a local man was seized by the press gang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian enlistment officers have reportedly opened fire at members of the Roma community who were attempting to storm a recruitment center in Transcarpathia, western Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the village of Mezhgorye on Saturday after a press gang seized a local man, according to Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Glagola. Around 30 people reportedly gathered outside the enlistment office and tried to force their way inside by hurling objects and breaking down doors.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist claimed that several shots were fired using a pistol and a Kalashnikov rifle. He added that officials initially denied the shooting, saying that only two blank rounds had been fired, which contradicted footage in which <em>\u201cat least four shots\u201d<\/em> could be heard.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNow even the testimony of the TCC employees themselves does not match,\u201d<\/em> Glagola wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69ffcdde85f5403cd82b53ba.png\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/639816-barcelona-victory-day-clashes\/\">Protesters attempt to disrupt Immortal Regiment march in Barcelona (VIDEO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The confrontation was later confirmed by the Regional Territorial Recruitment Center and Social Support office, which acknowledged that a group had attempted to storm the military facility, <em>\u201cignoring the lawful demands of military personnel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <em>\u201cthreat was localized, and the attack was repelled,\u201d<\/em> the office added in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with mounting losses, widespread desertion, and a shortage of willing recruits in the conflict with Russia, Ukrainian recruitment squads have increasingly resorted to coercion and brute force to fill the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>The practice, commonly known as <em>\u201cbusification,\u201d<\/em> involves military-age men being seized on the streets, at workplaces, and in residential areas before being taken to enlistment centers against their will and reportedly dispatched to the front after only cursory training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the community attempted to storm a recruitment center after a local man was seized by the press gang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5485,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions\/5485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}