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Posted on 04/20/2026 7:47:24 AM PDT by delta7
Since Ukraine’s population has shrunk dramatically, the army’s number one problem is no longer the lack of weapons, such as ballistic missiles and air defense systems, but the lack of soldiers to operate them, writes Világgazdaság.
The competent authorities in Kyiv, however, must bring the army size required by Commander-in-Chief Zelensky (800,000 active soldiers), and since the number of men eligible for military service (between the ages of 18 and 60) is slowly running out, the Ukrainian leadership is now trying to fill the gaps by conscripting women.
As of early 2024, approximately 5 million men are considered to be of conscription age in Ukraine, reduced from about 8.7 million before the February 2022 invasion due to death and emigration. And yet, many of these 5 million are exempt, unfit for service, or already serving.
Ukraine has long been shown to use forced conscription methods, with increasing violence, leading men to attempt to leave the country, often at the risk of their lives. Last year, Hungarian channel M1-Hirado recently ran a special compiling some of the latest footage of Ukrainians being beaten and shoved into vans in forced mobilization operations.
Citizens across the country have fought back since the war began, especially in areas populated by ethnic Hungarians, who feel they have been targeted.
As of now, there is no full mobilization of women. According to lawyer Rostislav Kravec, the fact that women can also be included in the list of those who refuse military service or deserters could be a kind of “test” by the authorities. This way, they can gauge how public opinion would react to the general, mandatory mobilization of women.
Meanwhile, although both sides have contended claims of territorial gains or losses, Russian armed forces are slowly pushing Ukrainians out of the fortified towns in Donbas.
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Equal rights, equal lefts.
Good luck with that. So many Ukrainian women bailed and are in England on dating apps.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia’s always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind…..
Russian generals should save their rubles for retirement.
It is war, and we are and have used women in our armed forces from the beginning of our founding
Curious no references to Russia having been using women, some even on the front🤔
Plenty of Russians as well🤔
much better than the crap the NFL put on for the last two Super Bowls…lol.
Check out the videos where groups of Russian soldiers are surrendering to massed Ukrainian ground and air drones. Using actual men to do the fighting may be obsolete. Ukraine is updating the software every week.
Migrant overflow from western Europe?
I’d hit it.
I completely agree.
This has been an obvious item, since the start.
There was a report on Military Summary Channel a day or two ago that various European nations are planning on deporting around 300K military-age Ukrainian men so they can be conscripted. So that may give the women a little more time before they join the cannon fodder.
No one wins a war of attrition with Russia. Too bad Zee didn’t tell Boris to FO and accept a peace deal years ago
“No.”
Yes. And even if they did conscript women, it would not be for frontline combat. It would be used to free up males in noncombat roles. Just doesn't make sense otherwise.
I remember the Beatles too!
BTW, there’s a tribute band with videos on YouTube called The Analogues that plays the Beatle’s music and play it very well. With modern recording equipment, it sounds much better than listening to an old scratchy recording of the real Beatles. And they have violins and horns on many songs, like the real Beatles.
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