Posted on 03/24/2024 7:10:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s armed forces desperately need fresh troops to hold back massed Russian offensives. But political dithering is leaving front-line units threadbare.
A bill aimed at expanding the draft in Ukraine is stuck in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, after months of debate.
The proposed changes are rather meager: The age of conscription would be lowered to 25 from 27. In addition, soldiers would be eligible to leave the military after three years of service, and punishments would be imposed for men who avoid registering for the draft.
Yet the Rada, faced with large parts of the populace who are unwilling to fight, is struggling to approve even these modest tweaks to the law.
“We’re struggling to lower the age to 25—it’s an unpopular decision,” said Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the Rada in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ruling party, who has been one of the law’s leading backers. “We need to increase the number of people who can be mobilized.”
Alongside a shortage of ammunition, the lack of soldiers is Ukraine’s biggest challenge in a year where commanders say their aim is to hold firm and rebuild forces. Russia, with a population more than three times the size of Ukraine’s, is expending thousands of troops each week in assaults and is able to replenish with around 30,000 fresh troops each month, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. Still, Russian forces are struggling to advance since seizing the eastern city of Avdiivka in February.
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It’s probably closer to 40 million.
I wonder if Zelensky’s family is in Poland now.
I was just referring to Biden’s new arrivals during his term.
You’re probably correct, or under, the total illegitimate amount.
“The 18-26 year olds must be too busy partying.”
That’s what I don’t get. They’re not drafting the prime military ages. Why? Then they whine about not enough aid. Why, another poster on this forum even called all the aid we’ve given them “miserly”. What good are weapons if there isn’t enough manpower to use them?
Just a mild snarky comment about Ukraine’s forces and women in the military. There are a lot of women in uniform in Ukraine’s military. They have ongoing problems with things bladder infections, UTI, and interstitial cystitis. Oh, and by they way, they aren’t kicking Russian asses. It’s because they are female, and they aren’t as strong and violent as males.
We should send them to Ukraine ASAP. Upon arrival Zelensky can register them to vote and promise them citizenship.
I think it’s more if you consider the lies about how many were here before Biden.
My only point was she may be draft eligible.
The problem is that conscription is now moving to the Western and Kiev regions - the Ukrainian areas*, having exhausted the Russian-speaking areas. So now, with few bodies left to sacrifice, the war becomes REAL to the people who run Ukraine.
*plenty of videos showing the ‘good life’ in Kiev over the past 2 years, for example. War, what war?
I’ll raise tat offer to 20 million. Solves 2 problems at once.
Evidently you have never met my wife!
Yukes aren't manning the weaponry. "Contractors" are.
If ever I do, I will certainly be most polite.
Zelensky will send every last YouCrayne Male to his Death.
That will teach Putin a lesson.
Only Ukrainian men can be drafted when they turn 27.
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