Source link Ukrainian troops hoping to be demobilized after three years were in for a rude shock when the provision was left out of the newly adopted mobilization bill, multiple Western outlets reported on Friday. The parliament in Kiev approved the long-debated law on Thursday but without the demobilization clause, reportedly at the urging of […]
Source link The Ukrainian government must get rid of the “old-school mentality” and implement true equality in the armed forces, Kiev’s chief military adviser for gender issues, Oksana Grigorieva, has claimed. Kiev is currently in the process of overhauling its military service system, with Ukrainian lawmakers, debating increasingly harsh proposals to amend the country’s mobilization […]
Source link Germany needs to reintroduce conscription, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Thursday as he unveiled an ambitious military reform plan aimed at making the nation’s armed forces fit for a potential conflict. Berlin abolished its military draft in 2011 and its army has since suffered from an acute personnel shortage. “We have considered […]
Source link The Latvian foreign minister says the UK should reinstate mandatory military service to deter Russia Britain and other NATO allies should consider conscripting citizens into the military to counter the supposed threat from Russia, the Latvian foreign minister told The Telegraph in an interview published on Saturday. Latvia re-introduced compulsory military service earlier […]
Source link The bill also calls for the introduction of electronic military summons sent by email, local media have reported The conscription age in Ukraine could soon be lowered from 27 to 25, in line with changes to mobilization laws proposed by President Vladimir Zelensky’s government, local media have reported. The draft law was submitted […]
Source link “Everyone” may end up getting a call, including those who left the country, the defense minister says Ukraine has been working on a single database to list all the potential recruits, with a system to deliver digital conscription notices already in the works, the country’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has revealed. The minister […]
Source link Roadblocks around cities will start appearing next week, military officer Nazariy Kishak has claimed Ukrainian authorities will start erecting roadblocks around cities and between regions in the last week of December with the aim of catching draft dodgers, Nazariy Kishak, a military officer and former municipal council adviser, has claimed. He said that […]
Source link Forcibly grabbed Ukrainians have shown “zero” efficiency on the frontline and must be motivated properly, Kirill Budanov says Forcibly conscripted Ukrainians have been displaying sub-par combat performance, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov has admitted. Still, the harsh recruitment drive must continue and no one will be able to “escape mobilization,” he warned. […]
Source link Recruiters are “shoving people into cars” and pressing them into service against their will, the American newspaper reported Ukrainian military recruiters have taken to “snatching” men off the streets and forcing them to fight, the New York Times reported on Friday. With casualty rates soaring, recruiters have allegedly turned to the injured and […]
Source link Kiev has signed contracts with two private recruitment companies in order to appeal to draft-dodgers, the Guardian reported on Monday, citing Aleksey Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. President Vladimir Zelensky said on Friday that a “comprehensive” overhaul of mobilization rules will be announced this week. Danilov’s disclosure appears […]
Source link Ukraine will announce a new “complex plan” of mobilization next week, President Vladimir Zelensky said on Friday after meeting with the General Staff. While he offered no details, other Kiev officials hinted at the possibility of demobilizing some soldiers that had been fighting since February 2022. Ukraine has been under pressure to make […]