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A Year Into War, Ukraine Faces Challenges Mobilizing Troops
Wall Street Journal ^ | 3/23/23 | Matthew Luxmoore

Posted on 03/25/2023 2:45:56 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...

DNIPRO, Ukraine—One Ukrainian paid almost $10,000 to flee the draft. Another has ignored five military summonses. A third avoids public spaces, fearing a military official will pounce and issue a call-up.

After a year of war, Ukraine is facing increasing challenges in raising the troops it needs to resist Russian forces and eject them from its territory.

When Russia invaded in February last year, thousands of volunteers lined up outside military recruitment centers. With many of them now dead or injured, Ukrainian authorities are scrambling to recruit replacements, often drafting those who have neither the desire nor the training to serve. The result is a growing number of fighting-age men who are attempting to evade service. ...

There have been public scandals involving inappropriate call-ups and videos appearing to show men being roughed up by enlistment officers for refusing a summons. A disabled person was drafted in western Ukraine and pronounced fit for service despite having no hands. Another died on the front lines within a month of mobilization after 10 days of training, according to his relatives.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: dying4biden; pressgangingkids; putin; russia; ukiepressgangs; ukraine; zelensky
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Just a posted notice to remind us all.

Dear FRiends, our 1st qtr FReepathon is running behind. It looks like we’re not going to hit our target, but with your help, maybe we can at least get it over 90%. 3/25/2023, 11:36:11 AM · by Jim Robinson


21 posted on 03/25/2023 3:49:09 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

paywall = worthless
let’s hope the last ukrainian dies soon so we can stop sending money


22 posted on 03/25/2023 3:50:23 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: Mount Athos
People who have never fought in a war often have stupid ideas about how war works.
23 posted on 03/25/2023 3:50:26 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Mount Athos

“It is hard to believe we have people this stupid on free republic”

Your probably thought Reagan was stupid too for challenging the Soviets.


24 posted on 03/25/2023 3:51:55 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Bribery is hot and heavy with Ukrainians - ‘normal’ life as they know it.


25 posted on 03/25/2023 3:53:06 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

They used to be called “press gangs”.


26 posted on 03/25/2023 3:58:18 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: dforest
So A disabled person was drafted in western Ukraine and pronounced fit for service despite having no hands.

They're going to wake up one day and realize there are basically no Ukrainian men left that aren’t dead, wounded, or psychologically damaged.

27 posted on 03/25/2023 3:59:29 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Its All Over Except ...
“We can’t do as Russia does and drive people to war with batons,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in February,

But then the article immediately tells us that the government shuts down social media channels on avoiding the draft, randomly hands out conscription notices in public, has banned all adult men from leaving, and has strict penalties for desertion and avoiding the military.

28 posted on 03/25/2023 4:10:48 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Mount Athos
It is hard to believe we have people this stupid on free republic

Maybe it was poor satire? They can't be serious....

29 posted on 03/25/2023 4:11:57 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: wildcard_redneck

Problem is they overestimate to strength of the US in underestimate the strength of Russia and china


30 posted on 03/25/2023 4:22:13 PM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Real questions is why?
We are bound by treaty eg.that stupid NATO.
Cuba was never under threat, until they became one.
Castro’s Bellicose actions. He could have taken over and kept the Casinos and resorts open. Instead he acted like a bully.
When I was a kid I learned if you don’t bother people,
they likely won’t bother you. Peace is far more prosperous,
than war.
Russians, Africans, Germans, et al didn’t learn that lesson.


31 posted on 03/25/2023 4:34:34 PM PDT by rellic
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To: rottweiller_inc

The problem is western MSM, I frequent:

https://t.me/s/DonbassDevushka/47862

For fair and balanced reporting Through video. T.me has thousands of “ war porn”: reality.


32 posted on 03/25/2023 4:51:51 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Justa

“Send in NATO. Push Russians back to Russia. Capture Moscow. End the war. Put Putin on trial. Use Russian energy reserves for war reparation payment to UKR, Georgia and Chechnya.”

Reagan was never going to do this so don’t you dare try to throw his name at us.


33 posted on 03/25/2023 5:09:16 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: delta7

Yeah the fog of war is unfortunate But it’s pretty hard to believe anything that the media is reporting


34 posted on 03/25/2023 5:10:33 PM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Probably the same reason the French weren’t strong performers in WWII. When you lose most of your soldier-aged men, your battle readiness drops.


35 posted on 03/25/2023 5:18:37 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Its All Over Except ...

For those interested in what just happened to the underground NATO control bunker

https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/03/14/horrific-slaughter-russia-finally-admits-to-destroying-natos-deep-underground-command-bunker-in-kiev/


36 posted on 03/25/2023 5:19:31 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: Justa
Send in NATO. Push Russians back to Russia. Capture Moscow. End the war. Put Putin on trial. Use Russian energy reserves for war reparation payment to UKR, Georgia and Chechnya.

Say good bye Brussels. Say good bye DC. Say good bye London. You posted the musings of a fool.

37 posted on 03/25/2023 5:41:06 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust!)
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To: Justa
Your probably thought Reagan was stupid too for challenging the Soviets.

Just dayum. Reagan won the Cold War with our piggy bank. He didn't invade Russia. Did you complete the 5th grade?

38 posted on 03/25/2023 5:45:33 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust!)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

They’re complaining about having to abduct teenagers and old men off the streets?


39 posted on 03/25/2023 7:50:03 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: jimwatx

True. And none of the FR war mongers here are going to fight either.


40 posted on 03/25/2023 8:20:17 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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