The war is approaching the end of its second year, and Ukraine’s military needs more manpower to sustain a bloody war of attrition against Russia, a country with more than three times the population of Ukraine.
In a recent essay, Ukraine’s top military commander, Valery Zaluzhny acknowledged that training and recruiting troops was becoming a serious challenge.
The essay acknowledged a bleak reality: Ukraine needs more people in uniform, and it needs them now.
Ukraine fills its ranks with volunteers but also has a system of conscription that allows the state to draft men of military age.
If the war continues with the same intensity as it is today, there is no way to avoid conscription.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
Ukrainian, Washington, Ukraine, Kyiv, State Border Service of Ukraine, Moscow, North Korea, Israel, Gaza, Europe, Russia, Bakhmut