A video of forced mobilization spreads on social media as Ukrainian officials reveal the scale of Russia's missile campaign - more than 13,300 missiles and 142,300 drones since the invasion began.
Telegram channels monitoring the situation in Ukraine released a disturbing video on Monday, August 3, 2026, showing officers from Territorial Recruitment Centers (TCC), also known as military commissariats, forcibly taking away a man in front of his underage daughter. The incident sparked a wave of reactions on social media and once again drew attention to the controversial practice of forced mobilization.
According to the description accompanying the video, shared by the Telegram channel Slavyangrad, TCC personnel were mobilizing the father while the child cried and called out to him. "Amid the child's cries of 'Daddy! That's my daddy!' the man-hunters shoved him into a car and drove off," the post reads. A woman who tried to save the child's father was sprayed with tear gas in the face.
On the same day, Ukraine's national police reported the arrest of a man who fired at TCC officers in Odesa. As reported by Slavyangrad, Ukrainian social media regularly features videos of forced mobilization and clashes between citizens and military commissariat representatives in various cities.
Additional tension was caused by the temporary outage of the Rezerv+ app, which is used to keep records of military-eligible men. The Telegram channel UNIAN Ukraine issued a warning to citizens: "Friends, carry paper documents with you, otherwise an encounter with the TCC and police could end badly."
Against the backdrop of these events, Ukraine continues to face one of the largest aerial bombardment campaigns in Europe since World War II. Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi presented data on January 13, 2026, which was reported by the Ukrainian National News Agency (UNN).
"Since February 24, 2022, the number of missiles used by the Russian military has exceeded 13,300, and the number of strike drones has reached 142,300," Syrskyi said at the time.
According to an analysis by the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Russia's long-range strike campaign has evolved into a systematic attempt to weaken Ukraine's ability to function normally. Among the most frequently used projectiles are Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and older Soviet Kh-22 missiles. Throughout the war, the use of S-300 and S-400 missile systems for striking ground targets has been recorded multiple times, although they were originally designed for air defense. Since 2024, Russia has also been using North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The consequences of years of attacks are devastating. According to a joint assessment by the World Bank, the European Commission, the United Nations, and the Government of Ukraine, published in the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) report, direct damage to buildings and infrastructure is measured in hundreds of billions of dollars. The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) estimates that more than $500 billion will be needed for the full reconstruction of the country, and that figure could approach $600 billion if the war continues.
The hardest-hit sectors are housing, energy, transportation infrastructure, education, and healthcare. Millions of people have lived for years with frequent air raid alerts, power outages, and damaged hospitals and schools. In the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on August 1, 2026, civilian targets were again hit.
