Draft officers fight with paramedics after refusing to let them leave with patient

An off-duty ambulance driver in Odessa arrived at the city’s recruitment office to update his details on Tuesday, in what should have been a routine visit, but ended up as a street brawl. Upon updating his details, draft officers refused to let the man leave the building, reportedly attempting to conscript him. The man was taken ill due to the stress of his ordeal, and an ambulance was called to assist him. When the paramedics arrived, however, the draft officers refused to let them take the man to hospital, instead attempting to keep them in the building. This escalated into a fight in the street, at which point other people decided they might as well join in. Other paramedics can be seen engaging in the fight, one of them with a bat.