According to Ukrainian leaders, they are preparing further conscriptions for the defensive fight against Russia. “Yes, the army has contacted us and there will probably be an additional call,” secretary of the National Council for Security and Defense Oleksiy Danilov told Ukrainian radio on Saturday. However, he assured that the mobilization would not go beyond the parameters already established at the beginning of the war on February 24, 2022.
According to Danilov, this is not an unplanned measure. The mobilization has been going on for a year and a half and several phases have already been completed. “You don’t have to make a fuss about it, everything is going according to the plan that we are currently pursuing,” said the top Kiev official.
Several hundred thousand Ukrainians have already called up
After the start of the Russian invasion, Ukraine declared martial law. All men between the ages of 18 and 60 are therefore generally required to perform military service and can be called up – unless they are exempted from service for health or social reasons, such as being single fathers. The exact number of those called up so far is not known. A year ago, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar estimated the number at several hundred thousand. Because of the losses at the front, new recruits must be trained and sent into battle again and again.
Recruitment system is under review due to corruption
Ukraine has recently been rocked by conscription scandals. After the media published a case in which a corrupt officer of a military replacement office in Spain bought real estate – apparently with bribes he received for declaring wealthy young Ukrainians unfit for service – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for scrutiny of the whole conscription system. for corruption.
When Zelensky was asked at a press conference on Wednesday whether more recruits should be called up given the high casualties, he also stated that the military leadership was asking for more soldiers to be mobilized.
Source: Krone
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