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"Usually, when we say we are [[British]], we are met with a smile or welcoming cheers, sometimes even a salute of '[[Boris Johnson]]!' before waving goodbye... But not this time. No smiles. No jokes. Instead, we were to witness the ruthless side of Ukraine's recruitment crisis. Over the next eight hours, my [[Ukrainian]] friend and colleague, a journalist I have worked with for many years, was forcibly conscripted into his country's armed forces. Our three-person team was torn apart. My friend, whom I will call D, was deprived of his freedom. Photographer Peter Jordan and I were left without an interpreter. Our dangerous, costly, and long-planned reporting trip went up in smoke... I don't know what will happen to D," writes Jerome Starkey.
"Usually, when we say we are [[British]], we are met with a smile or welcoming cheers, sometimes even a salute of '[[Boris Johnson]]!' before waving goodbye... But not this time. No smiles. No jokes. Instead, we were to witness the ruthless side of Ukraine's recruitment crisis. Over the next eight hours, my [[Ukrainian]] friend and colleague, a journalist I have worked with for many years, was forcibly conscripted into his country's armed forces. Our three-person team was torn apart. My friend, whom I will call D, was deprived of his freedom. Photographer Peter Jordan and I were left without an interpreter. Our dangerous, costly, and long-planned reporting trip went up in smoke... I don't know what will happen to D," writes Jerome Starkey.
How can, of Why did this happen? Answer: There are fewer and fewer men to recruit, and TCC are getting desperate to meet their quota. Otherwise they themselves get shipped off to the front.
How can, or Why did this happen? Answer: There are fewer and fewer men to recruit, and TCC are getting desperate to meet their quota. Otherwise they themselves get shipped off to the front.
Ukraine and its sponsors is not the first country to keep fighting long after it became impossible to win. It's symptomatic, or emblematic, of a [[society]] and [[military]] in collapse. But [[the West]] will keep shoveling [[money]] at the [[Kyiv regime]] cause it does not want to admit defeat. [[Politician]]s and alleged "leaders" don't care how many people get killed. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky Must Go!'']]</sup> 20:46, October 30, 2025 (EDT)
Ukraine and its sponsors is not the first country to keep fighting long after it became impossible to win. It's symptomatic, or emblematic, of a [[society]] and [[military]] in collapse. But [[the West]] will keep shoveling [[money]] at the [[Kyiv regime]] cause it does not want to admit defeat. [[Politician]]s and alleged "leaders" don't care how many people get killed. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky Must Go!'']]</sup> 20:46, October 30, 2025 (EDT)