The military of the Russian Federation began the forced mobilization of local residents of the temporarily captured city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region to participate in the war against Ukraine. This was reported by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova on Facebook.

“Forced mobilization of men has begun in the city of Izyum. Now men are allowed to pass through the checkpoint only if they have a military ID,” Denisova said..

According to her, the enemy is trying to involve the inhabitants of the temporarily occupied territories in the hostilities due to a lack of human resources..

The Ombudswoman noted that the Russian military "

In addition, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov spoke about the attempts of the Russians to mobilize in Izyum on the air of the telethon, Radio Liberty writes..

“The enemy offers to mobilize the local population in Izyum and join the ranks of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. People, to put it mildly, perceive this proposal with amazement,” Sinegubov said..

However, according to the Kharkiv police department, no one supported the proposal and no one agreed to join the war against Ukraine..

Lyudmila Denisova recalled that forced mobilization in the territories temporarily occupied by Russia is a violation of Article 51 of the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilian Population in Time of War.

Earlier, the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said that Russian invaders continue to shell residential areas of Kharkiv from multiple launch rocket systems.. It is already known about three dead and 16 injured people.