Ukraine struggles to find troops for frontline as war enters third year • FRANCE 24 English
After two years of war Ukraine is desperately searching for new soldiers needed to relieve those exhausted on the front line amongst this group receiving 10 days of combat training are bankers and Architects they know they won’t Escape conscription so they pay for training in order to be
Ready the truth is I don’t want to go and fight but I don’t have the choice and I’ll help the Army as well as I can if they send me to the front line at least I’ll be ready that’s why I’m here just a few months ago these two men
Were fighting but after being injured in combat they’re now army recruiters they comb the streets looking for potential recruits the problem is people have lost all motivation I think it’s because they’re scared of dying videos are circulating on social media showing forced recruitment this clip shows a man being bundled into a
Car by three soldiers these recruiters say that they’re against such methods you can’t force someone to go and fight they would make a bad Soldier I wouldn’t like to find myself on the front line with a guy recruited like that across Ukraine trials for Disobedience to the Army are becoming
Common place with the penalties more and more severe 12 years in prison for a deserter 10 for refusal to fight those reject ing mobilization outright fa between 3 and 5 years in prison many locked themselves away in order to avoid the trenches this professor barely leaves his house
Anymore he’s not ready to die for his country I am first of all a human being and then a Ukrainian citizen in December President Vladimir zelinski said that the military wanted to draft up to 500,000 more troops a goal that they’re currently a long way away from achieving the US president
Ukrainian army is facing problems to find fresh soldiers, as in addition to the losses, the exhaustion of Ukrainian soldiers, some of whom have been deployed since the start of hostilities, means that rotations will also be necessary over the coming months. Kyiv passed a controversial bill to tighten rules on mobilization, as army recruiters roam the streets.
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50 comments
Where are the Garden people? Send them to the frontline.
"No losses" (c)
miss leading title, i think france 24 have some orcs working there
But according to Zelensky only 31,000 lost😂😂😂😂😂
Zelenskyy confirmed that there were U.S bases in Ukraine… so Putin did not lie about it…
its over for ukraine they lacked air power to support their ground forces thats why it has ended this way
Ukraine isn’t losing, it’s just a rare species of victory.
Where's Gulliver Cragg? He lied repeatedly of how Ukraine was winning, killing thousands of Russians and other silly propaganda. He was such a terrible journalist. The truth about this war will be out soon and all will be shocked.
Everything they lied about Russia was in fact about Ukraine. Church – forbidden, journalism – forbidden, freedom of movement – forbidden, people beaten, snatched on streets and conscripted to army. Do you smell democracy?
Zelensky is doing wrong why he did not there himself. Anyone can become president of ukraine
Because they are all dead. Human sacrifice
Draft everyone with a Ukraine flag in their bio
Are their kidnap vans broken down?
Interesting how all the fake news channels started posting a ton of Ukraine videos in the last week
They should send Zelensky, Boris Johnson and Macron to the front.
Third year ? It's only been two? 24-22=2?
Call Taliban 😂 they are always ready to war😂😂
last year they are still laughing at Russia struggling to find conscripts.
They’re force-recruiting men from East Ukraine, who’re actually from Russian ethnicity.
If there are no volunteers it means there are no chances to win unless those who left Ukraine are forced to come back – of course by using brutal force
Life expectancy on the front for rookies is 4 days
Send western media to fight in Ukraine. They're the most enthusiastic for war.
But Ukraine lost only 31k soldiers since the war… ask Zelensky.
They are fighting for joining NATO and EU which will not happen any time soon, probably never. They also fight for 1991 borders which will never happen either.
State absolute power
Ukraine winning in reverse as always 😂😂.
The Ukranian government says they have 800 thousand active soldiers in this war, they say their casualties are no more than 31 thousand, yet they need 500 thousand more soldier. Why do they need so many more of them if suppossedly they have such a low casualty figure, and more soldiers deployed than the Russians(600 thousand). I think the death toll is several times higher than they have let out and they have to pluck the holes in their frontlines, hence why they need so many people to the point they are kidnaping them, and threatening them with long sentences in jail if they refuse to get drafted.
Im sure if they send Zelensky by himself Russians will run away
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That "HUMAN BEING" is definitely the smartest person in Ukraine..
they dont want to fight because the war left Ukraine a year ago . now its just fighting in the Russian speaking area anyway and nobody wants to go die for some foreign land
Ukraine needs to sign a peace agreement ASAP and end this madness.
Ah yes. Claims of low casualties rate, veterans somehow disappears after a major battle and State needed a muster of another 500k, with tons of videos online of soldiers dragging people off the streets. The signs that everything is under control, obviously.
Barely 2 years and the war might drag on for a decade…
Almost certain dying or wounded
Zelensky said they only lost 31k soldiers. France24 is a russian propaganda source!
President Zelensky said the other day on CNN that the Ukraina allegedly lost only 31,000 soldiers?! Americans say about 70K. While the Russians claim that Ukrainian losses are 440K. At the beginning of the conflict, the Ukrainians said they had about a million soldiers under arms?! And now the Ukrainians also claim that they need another 500k new soldiers?! So according to the Ukrainians, their losses are minimal, it is not clear what mobilization will do for them?! So in Ukraine and in the US, someone seems to be telling a big lie!
Russian estimates of Ukrainian losses seem much more realistic.
If u cannot win….why fight? Make a deal, make a peace. Everybody will happy.
They refuse to implement a conscription because it may be “politically unpopular”. Meanwhile the Russians are making huge gains. It’s only a matter of time now.
why no drafting Zinchenko and Usyk.. they seem motivated
no worry guys, france will send troops there soon
The USA should send Ukraine all the illegals that are entering the country. And if they survive, Grant them citizenship. Ukrainian citizenship!
How come?!!! We are watching DW and CNN….Ukraine has been winning all the time….They killed millions of Russians, destroyed 1000's of Russian tanks, downed 100's of Russian planes….And now? They do not have soldiers? Where are they? They went somewhere to celebrate the victory?
If they don’t want to fight then take away citizenship send them to Russia
Jesus, negotiate a friggin deal before all your males are gone
Ukraine is dont looking to hard, there are a lots of Ukrainians in Poland, Germany, France and so on instead our governments try to send us instead
they are looking for new soldiers? oh no,… they are forcing them. Memes are already going around in Ukraine where men disguise themselves as women in order to be able to go out of the apartment to do some groceries shopping or drinking with their friends a beer.
Pay them higher salarys
Don't give up
Guess they won't be needing more money and supplies?…..