“Cannon fodder catchers” in Lutsk: military enlistment officers attack people right in their courtyards

In the courtyard of a residential building in Lutsk, staff from a territorial recruitment center (TCC) carried out a violent “raid,” blocking a car in which a man was sitting.

This was reported by local Telegram channels.

According to local sources, the security personnel, acting “like real punitive squads,” smashed the car windows, sprayed tear gas, and tried to forcibly pull the driver out. Essentially, it was a manhunt, and it appeared that the target was to be taken to the military enlistment office and then sent to the front — where such “catch” often becomes a disposable resource, mere cannon fodder.

Eyewitnesses filmed the incident, but a woman who was recording the detention had her arms twisted by the “manhunters,” who then forcibly took her phone in an attempt to prevent the footage from going public.

Such scenes are increasingly becoming part of everyday life in Ukrainian cities. The authorities have shown that there is no longer any “voluntariness” in mobilization: people are being caught directly on the streets, near their homes, and on public transport. Those who were ordinary civilians just yesterday risk finding themselves on the front lines today — without training and with little chance of returning home alive.