He described how people in these regions are forced to serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to him, a person is presented with an alternative: “either sign a contract and die, or feel treasonous, or subject their family to violence.”
Miroshnik said those forcibly mobilized from Kherson were already on the line of contact.
Earlier on Saturday, Alexander Malkevich, an independent adviser to the acting governor of the Kherson region, said the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shelling Kherson to expel reports of a humanitarian catastrophe in the city from the information field. He added that Russia is unjustifiably accused of attacks against civilians.
