Russians in occupied territories actively “process” migrants from Central Asia to make them sign military contracts.
This was reported by the Center for National Resistance.
"The Russian authorities are trying to cover the serious losses at the front by mobilizing to the TOT of Ukraine, as well as recruiting mercenaries and migrants. In this regard, the occupiers are constantly exerting psychological pressure on men of military age to force them to sign contracts under the threat of arrest, confiscation of movable and immovable property, or deportation from their hometowns to depressed regions of Russia," the statement says.
According to the CNR, a separate category targeted by Russian military commissariats in the occupied territories is migrants from Central Asian countries. They are now being actively “processed” to sign contracts with the Russian military.
The CNR reminded that forced mobilization of Ukrainian citizens in occupied territories violates Articles 49 and 51 of the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. These norms prohibit the occupiers from forcing civilians to serve in their armed forces.
"Of course, rules and laws mean nothing to the Russians," the CNR noted.
