Zelensky is inching ever closer to the final step for Ukraine’s demographic wipe out. From Simplicius at simplicius76.substack.com:
Zelensky has inched closer toward the final logical conclusion of Ukraine’s mobilization journey and demographic acid test in one. In a new interview with Reuters, the doomed leader announced that an attractive new ‘contract’ for the 18-24 cohort is being designed by Ukrainian authorities:
“Combat brigades, experienced ones, together with the Ministry of Defense… are working on a contract option for young people from 18 to 24 years old… There will be a special agreement, there will be many preferences… there will be very high financial support,” Zelensky said.
This is part of the recent initiative from Zelensky to tiptoe gradually toward full-on mobilization of the final youth contingent by first heavily incentivizing them, as well as tightening the yoke little by little with various provisions and constraints that remove exemption categories one at a time.
I’ve posted various videos in the past showing that a kind of ‘stealth’ mobilization of 18+ is already underway, like this one from Rada MP Dmitry Razumkov. Depending what the true scale of the stealth mobilization is, it could mean that Ukraine will face real trouble if it ever really does ‘officially’ announce an 18+ mobilization, because those reserves would have already been drained in advance.
In some ways, both Putin and Zelensky are playing the same game—Putin has refused to do another ‘official’ mass call-up, relying on various forms of ‘lowkey’ mobilization options, from prisoner labor, to volunteers and mercenaries, partly in order to keep society from souring on the war. Now Zelensky does the same, but is in far more dire straits.
Interesting that the small hat enclave isn’t under the sanctions that BRICS+ RF and the Global South workaround.
If you aren’t ready and willing to go full Napoleon and Third Reich against Ivan then don’t bother and it didn’t end well for those WAR machines.
A good “contract” for the 18-24 year old Uke?
That’s as ludicrous as two Vietnams for DJT, Gaza and Ukraine.
You just can’t go on a world conquering tour after Fundamental Transformation. (sad trombone)
Breaking from Blue Oyster Cult:
Godzilla