Posted on 03/24/2024 7:10:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s armed forces desperately need fresh troops to hold back massed Russian offensives. But political dithering is leaving front-line units threadbare.
A bill aimed at expanding the draft in Ukraine is stuck in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, after months of debate.
The proposed changes are rather meager: The age of conscription would be lowered to 25 from 27. In addition, soldiers would be eligible to leave the military after three years of service, and punishments would be imposed for men who avoid registering for the draft.
Yet the Rada, faced with large parts of the populace who are unwilling to fight, is struggling to approve even these modest tweaks to the law.
“We’re struggling to lower the age to 25—it’s an unpopular decision,” said Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the Rada in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ruling party, who has been one of the law’s leading backers. “We need to increase the number of people who can be mobilized.”
Alongside a shortage of ammunition, the lack of soldiers is Ukraine’s biggest challenge in a year where commanders say their aim is to hold firm and rebuild forces. Russia, with a population more than three times the size of Ukraine’s, is expending thousands of troops each week in assaults and is able to replenish with around 30,000 fresh troops each month, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. Still, Russian forces are struggling to advance since seizing the eastern city of Avdiivka in February.
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The Zeepers are willing to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian life, no matter how many Ukrainian lives it takes.
We have 8 million wetback criminals they can have.
27? That’s amazingly high for a country at war. The 18-26 year olds must be too busy partying.
Time for the NeoCons’ kids to be sent. The more the better.
Not that many of them anyway due to demographics.
“ The proposed changes are rather meager: The age of conscription would be lowered to 25 from 27.”
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The change from 27 to 25 would result in SLIM PICKINS. A Quick Look at a Ukrainian population “pyramid” (it is no longer a pyramid… young adults in their 20’s have mostly left) reveals just how bad their draftee availability is.
In the face of the possibility of this new law, I suspect the remaining young adults want to get out before being sent to the meatgrinders.
Then they need to stop sending the ones they do have, off on missions to conduct terrorist attacks in Russia, only to get caught.
Zelensky knows that. So that's why he didn't change the law to mobilize more troops.
I suspect the remaining young adults want to get out before being sent to the meatgrinders.
All they have to do is to pay a bribe to get out of the country. I think most of us will do that if we're in that situation.
My thoughts exactly. Mexicans, Columbians, Venezuelans, Bolivians will up their DEI quota, win-win for the Ukes.
Most of them have probably shot someone already.
Time to talk peace...fully.
What is the age “upper limit” for UKR draft registration I wonder?
In a country that has lost half its population from 20 years ago, as refugees, killed, wounded or in territory occupied by Russia, how much difference will 2 years in age make? Maybe 100K able-bodied men - if they can even be found?
They are grappling with manpower shortages ,Vlad’s meat grinder. Senile Joe and Nuland suckered the West into thinking the Russian Federation was Soviet Russia….times have changed, it is rather obvious the West are now the weak ones- as we are witnessing.
Leadership is everything.
Zelensky’s Run - turn 25 ... last day ... enter Carousel.
Zelensky’s daughter is 19. Son 11.
It’s probably closer to 40 million.
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