Between July 29 and Aug. 2, citizens in Russia and occupied Crimea attempted to set fire to military recruitment offices and facilities associated with the Russian Defense Ministry at least 28 times, Russian independent media outlet Meduza reports.
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The State Duma of the Russian Federation has raised the age limit for conscription of men to 30, closed the border for persons that have been called up to the military commissariat, and increased the fine for failure to appear tenfold.
The Russian military took 64-year-old Anatoly Voloshyn into captivity from Azovstal. After months in the enemy’s hands, he was finally freed last month.
A Ukrainian soldier recounts how he was taken captive and tortured by the Russians; also how he sought refuge in a monastery and struggled after liberation.