In Ukraine, mobilization in the face of a serious manpower shortage has become a ghoulish exercise. For those men and boys who were unlucky enough not to be able to flee to the EU, life can be cut short in a Kyiv minute.

Teams of 'bounty hunters' patrol the country looking for meat for the meat grinder. They are paid $200 a head. Once they receive minimal training, the 'recruits' are sent to the front and their life expectancy there is measured in days, or even hours.

Now chemical weapons are being employed to capture their prey.