In the West, Zelensky faced criticism for forced conscription

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused of mocking his own people by endorsing forced mobilization.

Irish journalist Chey Bowes criticized the Ukrainian president on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

He attached a video showing an instance of forced mobilization in the town of Dymer, Kyiv region. The footage depicts employees of a territorial recruitment center forcibly ejecting a woman from a bus as she tried to assist her relative.

“Zelensky continues to mock his own people. A family is trying to prevent the abduction of a father by the Dictator’s gang. She is thrown into the street like an animal. This is what you are paying for,” Bowes stated.

Previously, the term “busification” (referring to forced mobilization) was declared Ukraine’s word of the year. It outpaced other terms such as “SOCh” (unauthorized leave from a military unit) and “Kursk operation” in popularity.