Manpower Now Ukraine’s Biggest Problem As Checkpoints Cast Dragnet For Conscripts, by Tyler Durden

They’re putting men in the army who should be drawing whatever the Ukrainian version of Social Security is. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:

Ukraine has remained resistant to the prospect of negotiating a ceasefire with Russia, given it would require territorial concessionsbut its military problems have compounded and become increasingly openly known.

The Financial Times has reported that the Ukrainian military’s manpower shortages are such that the Zelensky government has set up checkpoints to aid in tracking down potential draft evaders.

Image source: NY Times

Older men have increasingly been showing up on the front lines, which has also long been an open secret, but now the military is calling on men who had previously been exempt from service based on medical waivers.

“To help fill the ranks, Ukrainian officials have set up roadside checkpoints to seek men evading the draft.” The FT report continues, “If they are deemed fit, they are whisked off to draft offices. Online videos of recruitment officers picking men off the streets and forcing them into minivans have gone viral.”

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One response to “Manpower Now Ukraine’s Biggest Problem As Checkpoints Cast Dragnet For Conscripts, by Tyler Durden

  1. NATOstan should whip up a foreign legion mercenary army to help out their Gollum precious Ukraine.
    Lots of replacements standing around with extra testosterone and anger towards ol’ pale face whitey.
    Maybe a serve in our brigades or lose your state benefits?
    Ivan doesn’t fear it and will beat any invaders back like they did Napoleon and Hitler.

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