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"I want to take part in the fight," said Roman Surzhikov, a 33-year-old engineer and army reservist, one of a steady stream of people going into an army recruitment centre in the city centre on Tuesday, despite a "closed" sign outside.
"Have they declared a general mobilisation yet?" he asked the woman at reception.
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Television footage showed long queues in front of recruitment centres. The defence ministry declined to tell AFP how many had actually signed up, saying the information was top secret.
Faced with more volunteers than it could take, the recruitment office in central Kiev decided to shut its doors until Thursday.
Volodymyr Bykovski, who works at the office and has already been signed up himself, confirmed he had seen an influx of keen men - young and old - since the weekend.
"Most of them came on their own initiative" rather than being called up, he said, smoking a cigarette outside the centre, which was topped by the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag.
This is not just restricted to Kviev, yesterday I looked around and it seems that pretty much all over the country similar events can be witnessed. Of course it might be more in some areas fewer in others, but there is no doubt that many want to serve their country in this crisis.