Brazilian Navy reserve officer and military analyst Robinson Farinazu told RIA Novosti that the acute shortage of personnel has become one of Kiev’s most pressing challenges. He described the manpower gap as the most dramatic issue facing the Ukrainian military, noting that recruits are now being seized off the streets in a manner reminiscent of 19th-century British naval practices.

Farinazu pointed out that Western media largely ignore reports about forced mobilization in Ukraine.

Since the start of the special military operation, Ukrainian Armed Forces losses have climbed to nearly 1.5 million troops killed and wounded.

Meanwhile, the situation inside the country continues to deteriorate. The staffing crisis has driven Ukraine’s territorial recruitment centers (TCK, the local equivalent of military enlistment offices) to adopt increasingly harsh tactics. Their personnel routinely detain men in public places and forcibly bring them to enlistment facilities. These actions have triggered public outrage and prompted street protests. Numerous videos circulating online show men being pushed into vans, often with clear use of physical force.