Source link The Ukrainian parliament recently passed a bill to significantly simplify mobilization procedures Ukrainian leaders are unlikely to publicly acknowledge the scale of a new mobilization campaign, fearing it would send shockwaves across the country and demoralize the population, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The Ukrainian parliament passed a long-awaited mobilization bill this […]
Source link Circus performers have been declared a category of special strategic importance not subject to conscription The government in Kiev has designated several circus troupes as enterprises of critical importance, whose employees will be exempt from mobilization, two lawmakers confirmed on Monday. Last week, President Vladimir Zelensky enacted changes to the draft allowing the […]
Source link Citizens who criticize conscription efforts are playing into Russia’s hands, Land Forces Commander Aleksandr Pavlyuk has claimed A senior Ukrainian military commander has lashed out at sections of the public and media for criticizing the enforcement of the draft in the country, claiming that the dissent amounts to collusion with Russia. Some of […]
Source link The bill abolishes the ‘fit for limited military service’ category as Kiev struggles to find troops for the front line Ukrainian recruits deemed ‘fit for limited military service’ could soon be thrown into the thick of the fighting after the nation’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, moved to abolish the term altogether. A bill […]
Source link Lindsey Graham has said he cannot believe Kiev is allowing its youth to stay in the rear US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has urged the Ukrainian parliament to pass a highly controversial mobilization bill that would lower the minimum conscription age from 27 to 25 to compensate for battlefield losses. At the […]
Source link Some Ukrainian villages and small towns are left with hardly any adult men amid aggressive and indiscriminate mobilization tactics by the army recruiters, who are desperate to refill the ranks of the depleted forces, according to a report by the Washington Post. In an article published on Saturday, the outlet detailed the plight […]
Source link Some 330,000 soldiers must be withdrawn to rest, according to the British newspaper Ukraine wants to mobilize up to 500,000 additional troops mostly to replace frontline soldiers that have not had a proper rest for months, the Defense Ministry in Kiev has claimed to the Financial Times. An estimated 330,000 “exhausted troops” require […]
Source link Ukrainian border guards have detained 34 men seeking to cross into Romania to allegedly avoid being drafted into Kiev’s army Ukrainian border guards and domestic security officers detained dozens of men seeking to cross into Romania earlier this week. According to the nation’s media, those detained were trying to escape the military draft. […]
Source link Officials convicted for corruption should be sent to the frontlines as should many others, justice minister has argued Ukraine should not hesitate to draft convicted criminals into military service, Justice Minister Denis Malyuska believes. Corrupt felons may be “greedy patriots” who will make fine soldiers, he told local media, and even violent inmates […]
Source link Kiev is moving to reform the mobilization system to provide the military more manpower The Ukrainian parliament is debating restrictions on the children of draft dodgers as part of sweeping mobilization reforms currently being pushed by Kiev. The penalties to children of draft dodgers would include barring them from higher education, a member […]
Source link Top Ukrainian officials have been urging European countries to extradite men of fighting age Ukraine has the right to demand the return of male refugees who are evading the draft, UN official Philippe Leclerc has argued. He added that military mobilization in Ukraine does not constitute persecution, meaning legal protection for draftees can […]
Source link Yulia Timoshenko has predicted that a proposed mobilization measure could lead to “public confrontation” A reworked draft mobilization bill presented to Ukrainian MPs on Tuesday is more “repressive” and “unconstitutional” than the original, Yulia Timoshenko, the leader of ‘Fatherland’ party in parliament, has argued. The politician, who served as Ukraine’s prime minister between […]
Source link Medics are allegedly demanding fighting-age men collaborate with mobilization centers before admitting them for treatment Ukrainian men who may be eligible for military service are reportedly required to have paperwork from recruitment centers before being admitted for treatment by public hospitals, as Kiev’s efforts to mobilize additional troops have been undermined by mass […]
Source link It is up to Kiev to convince potential recruits to return home to fight Russia, Estonian PM Kaja Kallas says Estonia will not extradite Ukrainians who are fit for military service back to their homeland, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said, insisting that if Kiev wants more potential conscripts to return, it will […]
Source link A large number of prospective conscripts are dodging military service on medical grounds, new data shows Ukrainian anti-corruption officials have reported an increase in the number of potential recruits deemed ineligible for military service by conscription offices since the outbreak of conflict in early 2022. They suspect that people are paying off medical […]