… For Four Months People Are Not Coming Back! …

Video: Ukraine, Chernivtsi – A Wall of Protest Against Mobilization

Note: Video Will Soon be Subtitled in English (Using the Transcript Below)

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Transcript: Ukraine, Chernivtsi – A Wall of Protest Against Mobilization

Translated from Ukrainian/Russian by O.C.
Edited by S. Naylor

Protesters: … for four months people are not coming back! … show us this …

Citizen from the Crowd: Respond to our question: why are the village mayors hiding the fact that the military levy is voluntary? And the second question: why are all the relatives of village mayors as well as relatives of all members of village councils not being called up? Here is a list with their names.

Mobilization Officer: Do I look like the village mayor?

Citizen from the Crowd: The village council claims that the lists were given by you personally.

Mobilization Officer: So, my task was as follows: everyone liable for military service should be listed.

Citizen from the Crowd: Everyone?

Mobilization Officer: Everyone.

Citizen from the Crowd: Look, why don’t you publish this in a newspaper, and tomorrow why don’t you announce this on the radio that everyone – absolutely 100% – everyone shall be registered. Aren’t you clever enough to do that? Gave all that secretly to the village mayors. …

Mobilization Officer: Look – I do not rule the council.

(clamour from the crowd)

Citizen from the Crowd: And one more question: why are people in the list under the same number?

The Crowd: Why are people under the same number?

(indignation)

Mobilization Officer to a Man from the Crowd: Where did you say you fought?

Man from the Crowd: In Chernobyl.

Mobilization Officer: In Chernobyl? Well, I wasn’t in Chernobyl.

Man from the Crowd: And am I excused?

Mobilization Officer: Now?

Man from the Crowd: Yes.

Mobilization Officer: Well, the privileges … All the same, not called up according to mobilization. This is as of mobilization.

Man from the Crowd: Why must our children fight against old-timers from Donetsk and Lugansk? …

(clamour from the crowd)

Voice from the Crowd: They have a refugee status.

(clamour from the crowd)

Mobilization Officer: Everything clear.

Citizen from the Crowd: Why don’t you send your workers to every village to explain things…

Woman from the Crowd: Who? From Donetsk? Our, our boys … Because he is a refugee …

(clamour from the crowd)

Citizen from the Crowd: Igor, one more question. (To the crowd) Wait a second please, I will ask him one more question!

(clamour from the crowd)

Voice from the Crowd: Quiet!

Woman from the Crowd: Where is any guarantee, that our children will not be taken away?

Citizen from the Crowd: Well, now one more question. (clamour) Let me ask him a question!

Women from the Crowd: Where are your lists? Lists of those soldiers…

Man from the Crowd: One more question.

Mobilization Officer: Okay, okay. (phone call) – Yes, Alexander.

Voice from the Crowd: The head of the village council makes the lists, they don’t.

(clamour from the crowd)

Citizen from the Crowd: Give us an answer, wait a second, please, give an answer: the head of Lomachintsy village council – Todorovych Petro – told you today, that a meeting of the village will be held in Lomachintsy at 18:00 24.07.2014, and you have to give the explanations there.

Mobilization Officer: Yes, sir. We will come there, to the big meeting.