KYIV, UKRAINE (Aftenposten): The Ukrainian mobilization has been criticized since the beginning of the year. Now President Zelenskyy has taken a startling step.
Georgiy Valchuk (37) and Mikhail Sarana (42) were only supposed to play one concert. Then they were stopped in the street and sent to war. Photo: Gina Grieg Riisnæs
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Published: 27/08/2023 20:49
Georgiy Valchuk (37) and Mikhail Sarana (42) were in good spirits when they arrived at the train station in Odesa, southern Ukraine, early in the morning on 9 June. The friends had worked together as musicians for years. Valchuk on drums. Sarana on saxophone. Another concert was on the way this day.
Then they were stopped by the police and the military, just outside the station. Boarded a bus and driven off to a life as a soldier. At first they thought it was just a formality, then a mistake. Surely soldiers cannot be mobilized in this way, straight from the street and into a uniformed future?
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2023-08-27 18:49:58
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