Insults and resistance: On the streets with Ukraine’s navy recruitment officers | EUROtoday
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![A military recruitment officer and police officer talk to a man on the streets of Kyiv on June 7, 2024.](https://s.france24.com/media/display/12343f08-2737-11ef-abb7-005056bf30b7/w:980/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"WAR%20IN%20UKRAINE","hash":"b3d1eb9a6dbe4c2ca4012f4e73053b8d61bc93bbe4d620e5bd453e9148270770","title":"The%20battle%20to%20recruit%20fresh%20troops","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/AFP-TV_20240608_WAR_UKR_MobilisationSoldiers_34VP9G8_en%20%281%29.mp4.00_01_07_15.Still001.webp)
As the battle drags on and Russia makes advances on the frontlines Ukraine is more and more struggling to recruit sufficient recent troops, with polls suggesting lots of these eligible to be drafted would somewhat not battle. Yuriy Pikhota and Pavlo Pimakhov, two former frontline troopers who now work as navy recruitment officers say they’re ceaselessly met with insults and resistance as they patrol the streets of Kyiv to test individuals’s standing with reference to navy service.
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240610-insults-and-resistance-on-the-streets-with-ukraine-s-military-recruitment-officers