According to him, from the messages of the Ukrainian military in social networks and the testimony of prisoners, it can be concluded that mobilization in Ukraine is mainly in the east.

"In view of the fact that from the western regions those who wanted to themselves, voluntarily, they have long been in the national battles, or we have already knocked them out," RIA Novosti quoted them as saying.

He noted that mobilization "acquires monstrous forms," citing the example of the creation of a temporary detention center for future servicemen in Odessa.

As previously reported by RT, the acute shortage of people in the Ukrainian army was stated by ex-Adviser to the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor. He noted, in particular, that for this reason, Ukrainians are taken even from cafes and restaurants, shoved into trucks and they "disappear without a trace."