I can sympathize also with the Polish take, expect these Ukrainians to defend their own country. But even if they are forced to return, I doubt they will make usable troops. If they ran away before being fired upon, why should one expect them to risk their lives once forced into uniform. Many a soldier has survived a firefight by keeping his head down in a foxhole or trench, never rising to fire his rifle. May as well not be there.
“I doubt they will make usable troops.”
Having been in a war there a few simply did not want to be there, I can attest to the fact they trustworthiness is more of an issue than usefulness.
I caught some flak the last time I made this statement, but I stand by it. It is the duty of the Ukraine’s physically fit men to enter military service to defend their country. This is not some war in some far off country no one has ever heard of, it’s their country that is being invaded.
I do not like draft dodgers. If the Polish want to send these people back to Ukraine, then so be it.
The Vietnam war made it popular, if not acceptable, to dodge military service. With that said, if China or Russia attack us, again the chickens will flee conscription.