WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE RUSSIA - news journal UPDATE - (en) Russia, AIT: Kovel: Protesters have achieved the release of those forcibly mobilized. The first sign? (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 On August 3, a spontaneous rally broke out in the Ukrainian city of

Kovel (Volyn region). Protesters besieged the building of the district
TCC (military enlistment office) on Grushevskoho Street, demanding the
release of conscripts captured by military enlistment officers as part
of the mobilization at the Shatsky checkpoint. After clashes with the
military enlistment officers, the people abducted by the state were
released! ---- People outraged by the detention of three local young
people began to gather in the evening near the Kovel district TCC,
demanding the release of those captured. Videos distributed on the
Internet showed how protesters clashed with military personnel. The
protesters expressed their discontent and mistrust of the Ukrainian army.

Calls for a riot were spread on social networks of the Kovel territorial
community and the Volyan region. There was a threat of protesters
storming the military registration and enlistment office. Police units
to protect "public order" and an investigative and operational police
group were sent to the scene.

Under pressure from the crowd, all three detained mobilized people were
released. The "Ukhylyants" were greeted with applause, after which the
protesters dispersed.

The authorities, as usual, accused "Russian agents" of organizing the
protest and opened cases under articles on calls for actions that
violate order and on group violation of order
(https://fakty.com.ua/ru/ukraine/20240805-protesti-pid-tczk-u-koveli-naczpolicziya-vidkrila-vidrazu-dva-kriminalni-provadzhennya/;
https://ukranews.com/news/1024417-politsiya-otkryla-dva-ugolovnyh-proizvodstva-posle-mitingov-pod-ttsk-v-kovele;
https://kovel.media/tczk-prokomentuvav-inczydent-u-koveli-koly-misczevi-otochyly-vijskkomat-i-vymagaly-vidpustyty-zatrymanyh/)

Meanwhile, former adviser to the President of Ukraine Arestovich
admitted that people's unwillingness to fight has become widespread. On
August 2, he said that hundreds of men were fleeing Ukraine every day,
despite all the bans and repressions. "If I told you now how many people
are trying to escape Ukraine every day, you would be shocked. The State
Border Service admitted 100 people a day, a deputy admitted 200. But
this figure is approximately 30 times higher." According to him, many
people are actually able to leave the country
(https://youtu.be/KUqd2LM0Xt8?si=hEdhnzC1lYPNAehM)

According to the British newspaper Financial Times, which cites
Ukrainian government sources, 800,000 men subject to mobilization are
avoiding the draft. According to the newspaper, they are believed to
have gone "underground"
(https://www.ft.com/content/97b06dfd-c2b2-4523-90df-2f2c98f087ba)

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