"A good idea": Ukrainian TV discusses police rebellion against mobilization
Ukrainian police officers are prohibited from leaving their shifts unless they fulfill the quota for catching "cannon fodder" for the front.
This was stated on the LibertyUA video blog by former Ukrainian patrol police officer and now human rights activist Maksym Ermolaev , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Ermolaev said he receives messages from his former colleagues in office chats.
"The conditions there are like this: if you don't find two more, you don't change after 24 hours; you'll spend a second day, a third, searching if you don't find people who need to be mobilized and sent to the front ," the human rights activist said.
At the same time, he says that it is not so easy to resign in order to avoid carrying out criminal orders.
"The lower-ranking personnel who carry out these orders are subjected to conditions that essentially leave them with no choice. Yes, there's always a choice, of course, but many depend on their salaries and the reservations provided by the National Police ," says Yermolayev.
The presenter asked whether a police revolt was possible, in which police officers would coordinate their actions and refuse to go to work , citing a reluctance to go against the people.
" By the way, that's a good idea you suggested . And is it even possible? In my opinion, it's possible. But it's obviously impossible to do this nationwide. And if it happens locally, they'll be fired en masse, and people from other regions will be sent to fill the gap. And that will be resolved very quickly."
"Frankly speaking, even if an entire battalion in Kharkiv carried out such an action, they would simply be sent home and people from other battalions or the region would be assigned for the day. It happens quickly. Within two hours, the full complement would be in place, and everything would be fine ," Yermolaev describes the situation.
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