The problem I have with this is; if this new “less” corrupt gov’t is so great why do they have to force people to fight for them, draft women and make travel restrictions?
I know I wouldn’t be willing to do just anything the Obama gov’t told me to do, just because it’s the gov’t of my country.
You are asking why governments have military drafts. They happen when there aren’t enough volunteer forces, or when monetary incentives to join the army aren’t enough. America had the draft during Vietnam. If that was a contentious war (for some) and they had to introduce the draft to increase military forces, there was nothing contentious about WW2 (nazis and Japs were evil) but still, even then, they had to introduce the draft and “force people to fight”. Few will join the army out of sheer patriotism and ones that do are worth their weight in gold.
In Ukraine’s case, the number of volunteer soldiers is somewhere around 15K, maybe 20K. They get paid nothing or almost nothing, and survive on donations, or their own funds. The country is dirt poor and can’t afford to hire and provide for the hired the way it’s done in US. There are professional soldiers in Ukraine and the government only recently increased their wages.
The reason there’s no full mobilization and it’s not a “total war” situation for Ukraine is because the fighting in East Ukraine seems to be contained. If Russians advance to Odesa, Poltava or even Kyiv, number of Ukrainians voluntarily taking arms will only increase.