Posted on 05/10/2024 5:49:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
From 10 to 20 thousand men of conscript age, who are currently convicted and in prison, as well as men with criminal records, could be mobilized to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska said in an interview with BBC Ukraine.
Commenting on the law which allows mobilization of convicts, Maliuska said, “I think ten thousand possibly would be involved [and sent into the armed forces – ed.], maybe a little bit more.”
Maliuska said that if current prisoners were counted together with men who had prior criminal records, the number would rise to 20,000.
“Yes, ten to twenty thousand. Not more, for sure. But again, the question is in approaches. I say the numbers are absolutely impossible to calculate, because it depends on the scenario. The number will be different,” he said.
The minister said the number of such citizens drafted into the military would largely depend on how the military medical commissions will work in this context. Maliuska added that he himself does not fully understand this approach.
“We already have this experience, when prisoners passed these medical commissions. [With this approach] they choose the men with ideal health. At least they used that approach for prisoners [previously],” he said, adding that “the approach has now changed. Now the AFU is more set up with fewer barriers for mobilization.”
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Way short of what is needed. All for show obviously.
Great idea. Now send us a check for $60 billion.
The Dirty Thousand Dozen.
The US did that in WW II. I knew men who were let out of prison to join the military.
Their changes of survival would be better if they got the electric chair.
Yeah, but I noticed the language has changed. The other day when it was first reported it was on a voluntary basis like we did as you say, now it’s drafted. “Please keep me Jail!”
“Empty the prisons. It’s their country too.”
Movie quote. Elizabeth as the Spanish Armada was landing in England.
I glanced at the part about ex-cons being drafted and thought it was an article about the NBA.
“Nobody expects the Spanish Armada!”
There’ll be a lot of fragging going on.
And I heard that they wrote and exemption into this. Politicians who have been convicted are exempt.
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