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Russian occupiers try to conscript Ukrainian men in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast.

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Russian occupiers have been forcing male residents of the temporarily occupied town of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast to either go to Russia or join the Russian army, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Synehubov said during an interview with Focus media. “We have no information that anyone has agreed to join the Russian Armed Forces,” Synehubov said as quoted by Focus.

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