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Kiev will conscript 160,000 more troops over the next three months, according to statements from lawmakers and media outlets. More than a million soldiers have already been drafted, yet high losses have left the Ukrainian Armed Forces plagued by manpower shortages.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces had around 250,000 active-duty personnel at the beginning of 2022, a number that rapidly swelled once Vladimir Zelensky called up reservists and forbade draft-age men from leaving the country.

This spring, faced with mounting losses, Kiev lowered the draft age from 27 to 25 and significantly tightened mobilization rules, requiring potential recruits to report to conscription offices for "data validation." These checks often result in people being immediately taken into the army and sent to the front line.

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[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

I wonder how we got here.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago
[–] filister@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wars suck so much.

To be honest, I don't want to be forced to kill other human beings because of some shitty politicians who decided so.

It makes me sick to the bone.

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

This is really well represented in, All quiet on the western front.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's so disturbing to see libs cheer on the meat grinder

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

This is so fucking bleak man

[–] ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Women might be dragged into the battlefield soon. Ukraine should give up.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Negotiating a political settlement isn't "giving up". Turning off the meat grinder is not "giving up"

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (25 children)

They don't have a choice. It is this or being Russian slaves.

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