Loading ...Manpower Now Ukraine’s Biggest Problem As Checkpoints Cast Dragnet For Conscripts
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.
“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.”
Thus it appears a military “medical exam” will be administered in the streets. But tragically, this is yet another grim indicator of the immense casualties Ukraine has suffered after almost two years of war.
Even if the war started had DJT been president, a truce would have been met by now under his leadership. So sad and unnecessary.