Up to 15% ready to collaborate: Russia's push to attack Ukrainian Military Recruitment Centers

He shared this during an interview on Espreso TV.  

When asked about the target audience for Russia's provocative SMS messages reading, "Burn the military recruitment centers, save your life and your loved ones, don't be expendable material for the U.S. and Zelenskyy," Viktor Yahun responded, "This is aimed at a kindergarten teacher from Rivne, who wrote a comment after a blast. It's for such monsters—I can't think of another word. Yes, she was found and apologized, but there were many such comments. Where do they come from? Who is this teacher raising? What will become of those children?"  

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He emphasized that a scientifically derived figure shows that 10-15% of the Ukrainian population is ready for collaboration.  

"But collaboration can be different. When someone just wants to profit off society without realizing it, that's something else. And together, these figures add up to enormous numbers," the retired major general of Ukraine's Security Service added.

Incidents with military recruitment centers

On Saturday, February 1, an unknown man approached a serviceman of the Poltava Recruitment and Territorial Center at a gas station in Pyriatyn and, threatening him with a hunting rifle, demanded that he hand over his weapon. After being refused, the assailant shot the serviceman. The man died on the spot from the wound.

Later, law enforcement apprehended the man suspected of killing the serviceman.

On February 1, an explosion occurred at the Recruitment and Territorial Center in Rivne, resulting in one death and six people injured.

The next day, an explosion took place near the Recruitment and Territorial Center in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region.

On February 5, an explosion near the Recruitment and Territorial Center in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region, killed a man who had brought explosives. Four others were injured.

On the same day, it became known that security measures were strengthened at the Recruitment and Territorial Center in Lviv region.

• On Saturday, February 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined the benefits for men aged 18-24 who enlist in the Defense Forces under a special contract.