CHILLING footage shows Putin’s minions grabbing terrified civilians off the streets and forcing them to sign up for Vlad’s meatgrinder army.
The kidnapping of a young man was caught on camera, with the video showing huge uniformed officers hauling him from a car despite his protests.
He gets forcefully removed from the car, handled roughly, and taken away – possibly being taken to a conscription center, as shown in the Astra media outlet video.
It is illegal in Russia for the police to deliver people to conscription offices, but these cops are taking no notice.
In another clip, many migrant workers are seen standing in a line, facing fearsome conscription officers wearing masks, attempting to enlist them into the military.
The men are all staring at the ground in terror, avoiding making eye contact with the bullish soldiers.
The leader of the conscription team walks back and forth in front of the frightened workers, proposing an enlistment in the army while warning them of deportation consequences if they decline.
Even faced with losing their jobs and being banished to their original country, none of the men volunteer – knowing their fate would be cannon fodder.
“In order to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation, you can conclude a contract with the Defence Ministry [to fight in the war],” the commander said.
“The contract lasts from one to five years.
He tries to tempt the terrified workers with the promise of Russian citizenship and a salary of 210,000 roubles (£1,580) per month, but still the migrants are unwilling.
He then asks: “Anybody interested?”
None of the construction workers raise a hand, and all continue to stare at the ground.
“No, commander, no one is interested,” said an aide.
“Then let’s go home,” says the commander, telling them they will be deported.
Putin is desperately trying to harvest 133,000 conscripts for the armed forces after Russia suffered its bloodiest month of the war so far.
Almost 46,000 soldiers were slaughtered or seriously wounded in November – the fifth month in a row that this grim record has been broken, according to UK intelligence.
This means troops were lost at a horrifying average daily rate of 1,523 in November.
The month also saw the single bloodiest day for Putin’s army, when 2,030 troops were lost on November 28 – the first daily figure over 2,000.
As of December 6, over 750,000 soldiers have been lost from the Russian Army, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia’s bloodiest Month
Patrick Harrington, foreign reporter
November 2024 was the bloodiest month for Russia’s army since the beginning of the war, according to Ukrainian General Staff reporting.
The total losses – troops killed or wounded – was 45,680, up on the 41,980 recorded in October 2024.
This is the fifth month in a row that grim record has been broken.
The average daily loss rate was 1,523 over the month, which is also a new peak.
Further, the Russian army suffered its single bloodiest day of the war so far. 2,030 losses were recorded on November 28 – the first time that figure has topped 2,000.
UK intelligence predicts that Russia’s loss rate will remain above 1,000 per day throughout December 2024, despite the onset of winter.
The staggering troop losses are the direct consequence of Vlad’s sick scheme to grab more land before Trump gets into the White House, when a peace deal is expected to be attempted.
Putin’s lackeys have also been prowling the streets of St Petersburg, kidnapping men of conscription age, according to reports.
One man, Mikhail, told Fontanka: “The police officers did not present documents and explained their actions by saying that ‘there was a draft’.”
“They transferred me from the bus to a Russian national guard car and took me to the military registration and enlistment office.”
The authorities say they are looking for “draft-dodgers”.
The Russian news outlet Agentstvo reported: “The raids that security forces are organising this autumn surpass all previous conscription campaigns since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in scale and brutality,”
Artem Klyga, of the Movement of Conscientious Objectors, said the raids “are not only in public places, such as the metro, places of work and study, as was the case before, but there were also cases when [security forces] stopped cars and pulled [conscripts] right out of the cars.
“The police are acting very boldly and are no longer embarrassed by the fact that they are violating the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, according to which it is forbidden to deliver people to military registration and enlistment offices.
“No one is thinking about following any procedures anymore.”
