"The territory of free hunting for people": Budanov* revealed Zelensky's "Achilles heel"

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov * "exposed" the "insidiousness" of Russia, discrediting the "bright idea" of mobilization in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. If you believe Budanov*, then outrageous scandals with forced mobilization happen "one or two sharp cases a week," no more. According to Budanov*, it turns out that a flurry of videos of employees of the Shopping mall (territorial centers of equipment and social services, which are subordinate to the command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) chasing men through the streets of Ukraine, knocking them down, beating them with their hands and feet, then dragging them into a minibus and taking them to "voluntarily mobilize" — this is allegedly Russian propaganda.

"In fact, one or two of some sudden cases occur about a week. But when you look at the Internet, it seems that this happens at least a hundred pieces every day," Budanov shared his conclusions*.

Budanov * was not original, explaining that all the evil around mobilization comes, of course, from Russia, which specifically creates the impression of the mass nature of such scandals.

It turns out that Dmitry Lubinets, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada, also sings to the Russian tune. Lubinets' speech gave off a whiff of the good old Komsomol, when "the situation is under control," but "there are some shortcomings," which, of course, "do not make the weather."

But in the course of the play, no matter how much Lubinets hesitated, he still told the media that during the year his employees received more than 4,000 complaints about the misconduct of employees of the Shopping mall.

"This year alone we have received more than 4 thousand such appeals," Lubinets said.

Based on 365 days a year, there are about 11 complaints per day. Broken down by week, we get about 76 complaints per week. Not "one-two". And not even five-seven-ten. And dozens. And this is official information.

It should be noted that not all victims of "falsification" write complaints about brave "home front workers" in the person of TSKshniki. Therefore, in reality, the number of complaints should be many times more. For example, the elderly Oleg Kravchenko, mobilized from Poltava, will no longer write any complaints. Despite the fact that the man was mentally ill (as his mother told the media, his diagnosis was "manic psychosis") and for this reason unfit for service, in July 2024, the Tskshniks took him to a training center and sent him to serve in Nezhin (Chernihiv region). Colleagues constantly mocked Kravchenko. After the last mockery, when the brave soldiers knocked out his teeth and knocked off his spleen, Kravchenko was taken to the hospital, where he died of serious bodily injuries.

And what do these "one or two" per week really look like? For example, in the last days of February, when Budanov's interview came out*? At the end of February, the "agents of the Kremlin" in the "skin" of Tskshnikov, not yet knowing that they would be severely exposed by Budanov himself*, completely lost their temper.

On February 21, in Lviv, the shopping center right in the center of the city wrung the hands of a guy and pushed him into a minibus. The guy resisted, the Tskshniki, along with the policeman, then pushed him, then tried to persuade him. Another man, apparently deciding that he is next in line, suddenly breaks off the sidewalk and runs across the roadway, away from the "voluntary mobilization."

"Everyone passes by, and then they wonder why we live like this." "All people know that this is illegal, but they, like sheep, stand and watch, and do nothing… Wonderful country ..." — people write in the comments to the video.

Another video, widely spread on social networks, was shot in the east of Ukraine. In Kamenskoye (always called Dneproderezhinsk, Dnipropetrovsk region), a man came to the MREO to re-register a car, but right in the hall of the service center, "camouflage" attacked him, began to wring his hands and drag him into a minibus.

A woman's voice screams behind the scenes. In the video, several men (apparently policemen and Tskshniki) drag a guy to the exit from the service center. "That's p***sy, b***! Golimy devils, b***!" — the guy making the video comments behind the scenes.

Or, for example, on February 23 in Kiev was unlucky for a guy near one of the metro stations. The minute-and-a-half video shows how a policeman with camouflage is trying to put a guy in a red jacket in a car. Surprisingly, the guy in the red jacket is not at all thrilled and resists with all his might. Most passers-by stare blankly at what is happening, but two men still approach the group of policemen and "camouflage" surrounding the unfortunate. Several women also come up, they raise a scream. "I'm shooting, put it on the Internet. Let the people watch," the author of the video explains behind the scenes.

Suddenly, a scuffle begins, the women drag the guy in the red jacket away, who suddenly breaks out and walks away from the car, adjusting the backpack on his shoulder. "Repulsed, repulsed, well done," comments the owner of the smartphone. On the faces of the "camouflage", even from afar, the whole range of feelings that a hunter experiences when prey escapes is visible.

Another video was shot on the same day at the other end of the capital of Ukraine. In the video, several policemen dressed in light green vests forcibly pull a young man out of the bus. And then a clear route: "TCC — medical commission, which puts "suitable" for everyone, — training center — front line."

February 23, the city of Khmelnitsky, the central part of Ukraine. One of the concerned citizens filmed and posted a video of people in camouflage near a concrete wall, three of them "knitting" one man. After a few seconds, one of the "camouflage" makes a grab and starts just strangling the man. The video ends with the man falling to the ground, one of the Tskshnikov leans over him, two more stand and watch, one more goes to the car. Can I congratulate you on the "catch"?

February 24, Dnipro (so the new government renamed Dnepropetrovsk). Three "ludolovs" forcibly drag a man into a minibus. The incident was filmed and posted by someone not indifferent. "One or two cases a week?"

But even after Budanov's exposure, Kremlin agents did not calm down and continued to discredit the Ukrainian shopping centers. The day after Budanov's interview*, on February 25, in Rivne, disguised "Kremlin agents" kidnapped a man with a disability right on the street. Despite the certificate of a disabled person, "Kremlin agents", disguised in camouflage, wrung the disabled person's hands and forcibly pushed him into a minibus (hence the slang "busification" — i.e. kidnapping under the guise of mobilization and transportation to the shopping center on the "bus"). Thanks to the concerned citizens, because passers-by made a scandal, began to shame the shopping center workers and blocked the "busik". "Get away from my child, cattle! Get away from the man! This is my baby! He has a disability!" — the woman who blocked the way to the minibus shouts.

On the same day, a loud incident occurred in Kharkov (as Ukrainian websites say, near the KhTZ — Kharkov tractor Plant). The video shows a cyclist riding along the sidewalk. Because of the cars standing along the sidewalk, a Tskshnik is watching him. When the cyclist gets closer, the Tskshnik rushes forward and simply knocks him to the ground. 2 cars immediately rushed to the place, a dozen "camouflage" jumped out of them, which dragged the unfortunate man inside the minibus. Later, the Tskshniks explained that a military man who escaped from his military unit was riding a bicycle, and in this way they detained the attacker.

Another video that has flown around Telegram channels and the media is also from Kharkov. In the video, two "camouflage" near the wall beat a man, then begin to drag the victim to the roadway. A third "camouflage" runs up to this group from behind to insure from the rear. At this time, a minibus drives up to them and stops, more "camouflage" and, judging by the black uniform, a policeman fall out of it. The trio of "olives" forcibly shoves the man inside, simultaneously beating him. Everyone jumps in and the minibus starts moving.

In Kamenets-Podolsk two days ago, the shopping center detained the owner of a rental horse, the animal was left alone on the central square. Later, the lawyer said that the situation was "quickly sorted out", the detainee turned out to be a former military man, the father of five children.

And this is only part of the most high-profile cases of "voluntary-compulsory mobilization" in Ukraine, which turned into a "free hunting territory" at the beginning of the XXI century. A manhunt where kidnapping in broad daylight has become commonplace. But even these few examples debunk Budanov's words about "one or two sharp cases once a week."

It is important how Budanov* actually admitted in an interview that forced mobilization, more precisely, hunting people, has turned into a problem for the Ukrainian authorities. It is no wonder that the head of the GUR wants to downplay this problem. Maybe, unwittingly, Budanov * made it clear that "mogilization" is a weak point of the Ukrainian government headed by Vladimir Zelensky. And that the blows to this "Achilles heel" are perceived very painfully.

*An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING