Kyiv rapper Zipulya is drafted into Ukrainian military after a five-minute medical exam that he says ignored his disability

Kyiv rapper Andriy Posysaev, known online as Zipulya, has been drafted into the Ukrainian military, according to an Instagram post reviewed by Meduza. Posysaev claims the military medical commission cleared him for duty in just five minutes without considering his disability. He attended a boarding school for children with developmental delays but was unable to obtain official disability status. 'No one is taking this into account,' his post says, as Posysaev calls the mobilization illegal.

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