Political instability in the country leads to the fact that the front lacks strength

The Armed Forces of Ukraine desperately need fresh living forces to restrain massive Russian offenses, Wall Street Journal . And political instability in the country leads to the fact that the advanced parts are lacking in strength.

The bill aimed at expanding mobilization is stuck in the Verkhovna Rada after several months of debate. The changes offered to him are not so significant: the decrease in the conscript age from 27 to 25, the granting to the soldiers the right to leave the army after three years of service, and for the masculine men, punishment.

However, the Council, faced with the fact that a large part of the population does not want to fight, it is difficult to approve even these modest changes in the law, the publication writes.

"We are struggling to reduce the age of 25. It is an unpopular decision," explains Fedor Venislavsky, a deputy from the "servant of the people", the ruling party of President Zelensky, who was one of the main supporters of the law. "We need to increase the number of people who can mobilize."

At the same time, a separate law on reducing age up to 25 years has been subscribed to the President from May 2023 - he does not sign it.

The Wall Street Journal reminds that in addition to the lack of ammunition, Ukraine's biggest problem is the lack of soldiers when, according to commanders, their main goal is to withstand and restore strength.

According to Ukrainian military intelligence, Russia, whose population is more than three times exceeding the population of Ukraine, is able to replenish its forces for 30,000 military. However, however, Russian troops are difficult to move forward after the seizure of the eastern city of Avdiivka in February.

According to the newspaper, the vast majority of Ukrainians support their government in the continuation of the fight against Russia, but the failure of this year's counter -offensive and the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers not only undermined the confidence of Ukrainians that they will be able to conquer their territories, but also depleted their human resources.

At the beginning of the war, Ukraine could count on volunteers who rushed to military enlistment offices. Now these waves were asleep. And the need to give rest to soldiers who have fought for two years was also recognized by President Zelensky. According to him, the Armed Forces have about 600,000 people. Most of them perform auxiliary functions far from fighting.

In December, Zelensky stated that the military asked for an additional 500,000 fighters, although the commanders say they did not need all these people immediately.

From February 24, 2022, men from 18 to 60 years are prohibited from leaving the territory of Ukraine until the end of martial law. At the same time, men under 27 could not call for mobilization without their consent.

Last summer, Zelensky freed all regional troops after a series of corruption scandals. But hundreds of thousands of men continue to evade mobilization. And the summons are handed on checkpoints, streets and at work.

Some men say they were beaten or delayed for several days until they have signed the papers about the call, the article says.

However, hundreds of thousands of men avoid registration at local conscription points. And on the network they are spreading videos where young people run away from representatives of the shopping center in cities across the country.

"I cannot say that I feel like a sight," says 24-year-old Oleg Sinelchenko. His brothers went to fight at the beginning of the war. And they even warned him from registration in the CCC. Like, as soon as it is registered, there will be no road back.

"I was not called," Sinelchenko says. "Most of the country sits at home and makes nothing happening."

Representatives of all sections of society appeal to the Council to weaken the new bill. Businesses propose to pay tax to protect their employees from the forefront.

Students say they need to give you the opportunity to finish their training. In addition, according to the newspaper, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 there was a demographic crisis in Ukraine, and 20-year-old Ukrainians are now less than in previous generations.

"I understand that we have war in our country and we need people. But I do not want to send my son to war," says 47-year-old Christina Moliychuk, whose son is 23 years old. "He will continue his studies at the university, receiving a delay from mobilization."

The United States, where a $ 60 billion military aid package has been hung in Congress, also dissatisfied with unusually high conscription in Ukraine. After all, in America and many other Western countries, it is 18 years, the authors of the article indicate.

Last year, the Council approved the law to reduce the conscript age to 25 years, but Zelensky did not sign it.

Roman Kostenko, a deputy from the opposition party "Voice", said that he voted for this bill, but since then the policy of reducing the conscript age has become more difficult. The draft law on changing the form of conscription was withdrawn against the background of social counteraction.

"If I got up in the middle of the Council and said," Let's drop the age of 21, "he would be rejected immediately," Kostenko says. "This is an unpopular decision. But the President's task is to make unpopular decisions during the war.

In December, Zelensky stated that it would "may" support the decrease in the conscript age up to 25 years, and added that he had ordered the military to prepare a mobilization plan.

"This is a very delicate question," he explained then, explaining that 500,000 new soldiers will cost billions. Since then, the president has not made direct comments on the bill.

While the Council is discussing the changes, the soldiers and their families require reinforcement. According to Zelensky, about 31,000 servicemen were killed in battle, and according to analysts, they are more, writes the publication. Tens of thousands were injured, and many of them can no longer fight.

Those who are left are exhausted and lack of weapons, and delayed supplies from partners.

Olga Denysenko helps organize protests in Kiev, demanding rest for such as her husband, who went to a volunteer at the beginning of the war and has been fighting for two years. During this time, she said, he had only 20 days of vacation.

"The state sacrificed our men, forgot about them," says 35-year-old Denysenko. "This is a huge burden, and it must be distributed evenly, and not to blame everything on the shoulders of those who agreed to defend the country."

Professional Ukrainian military says that the army is especially needed by young people, as many of the middle -aged.

"You can't fight the old ones," says Igor Bilous, a 31-year-old military, who has been in the army for 12 years.

According to him, many of his comrades are already 40, and they need more time to recover after each task.

"Everyone has to admit that the war will be long ... Volunteers are not endless."

From queues to shopping mall to the hole of the military

Oleksandr Pavlyuk, commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, became the protection of the CCC, which is mobilized.

He urged not to harass the military from the territorial centers of staffing and social support, because in this way Ukrainians play on the enemy's side.

Pavlyuk noted that the highest pilot of the art of war is "to destroy the descent of the enemy and to defeat him without using his army in battle."

And judging from recent months, the Russians have been using ancient Chinese strateges of war, the commander emphasized in his Facebook post "How I will give up without a battle": why with the help of the Ukrainians the enemy can be defeated. "

According to Pavlyuk, some citizens of Ukraine have lost their understanding that their actions and public statements have become a powerful weapon in the hands of Russians who do not leave their desire to destroy Ukraine.

He notes that from the queues to the shopping center at the beginning of a full -scale invasion, Ukrainians have moved to the military from the shopping center.

Now, according to him, there are many reports in the news tapes about "unhappy drops in Tisza" or detachments of "combat Hutsuls", but there are almost no materials on the work of the Tax Code, the peculiarities of military service, the need to perform military duty.

He urged not to call the employees of the shopping center "Lyudolov".

"Today, the shopping center and their companies in most staffed servicemen who have lost their health in the war and are recognized as unsuitable for service in combat units. As it came to the fact that these people who have gone hell have become acceptable to treat enemies and call" Loudas "? Pavlyuk asks.

He noted that social networks are often published by "packing in the bead" of men who are torn out of context and do not contain information about the cause of such actions.

According to Pavlyuk, Ukrainians condemn the employees of the Tax Code, but do not take into account "the wrongfulness of refusal of men from their constitutional obligation - the protection of Ukraine".

At the same time, the commander of the Land Forces assured that the military enlistment offices are working to eliminate the shortcomings in their work and change.

He also urged Ukrainians to be united for victory.

"Before sharing the" flashy plot about violations of rights "and the difficult fate of" poor evasants ", it is worth asking yourself: to whom it really helps to win in the war? Exactly not Ukraine," the general stressed.