Ukraine’s desperate need for soldiers

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports on the ground in Ukraine where there is dwindling manpower on the frontlines two and a half years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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49 comments
  1. Ukraine's desperate need for meat. Many testimonies of foreign mercenaries show that Ukraine has no consideration for those who fight for them.

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  3. All you democrats lied and said Ukraine was winning.

    The Russians are going to win because they have overwhelming numbers. Did you hear them say that the Russians have 7 times as many soldiers on this report?

    The Russians always have won throughout history by overwhelming numbers.

    Unfortunately they don’t teach you college educated libtards history anymore!

  4. Democrats and their voters lying saying Ukraine is gonna win sucking the American tax dollars dry. You people are gullible and credulous.

  5. You should See how many ukrainians is in Netherlands… they came here and were Able to get expensive houses and cars somehow quick enough after begin of the conflict.

  6. Ukraine desperately needs help, and I can't believe my country the United States is just going to sit back and let that country fall, the Russians aren't going to stop there I can promise you that

  7. The sad facts 50 million at the end of 1991 with rampant corruption and moving towards the west whom didnt want Ukrainian products then the 2014 hostile takeover that started a civil war with the Russian intervention to protect Ukrainian Russians now Russia insuring the break away regions keep automony the Ukrainian population today the population is around 28 million this is a tragedy that shouldn't of happened Europe needs leadership for Europe not a foreign countries policies will it ever learn divided it becomes hell united heaven

  8. Have Putin fight Zelensky simple if he lose he lose his country if he win he keep it no point in sending people to die for what ? Won’t see me fighting for the us 😂😂😂 I’ll be locked up with the rest of the people

  9. Just like in covidism times, what was a "Russian fake news", "hoax" or "desinformation", is now a fact mentioned by the mainstream medias. But hey, according to the former president Zelensky, Ukraine lost just 31 thousand killed, so where are all the other soldiers from more than 600 thousands that were in Ukraine military at the beginning of February 2022?

  10. Most Ukrainians where treated at sub human levels even before any war existed, now they are asked to die for it. No wonder why they rather run away, let the politicians who have the good life die for it, or those who are well fattenned or lubricated by cash. Same for Russia.

  11. If Ukrainian men aren’t willing to fight for their own country why should any country spend their own taxpayer’s money to support Ukraine? This is coming from an ardent supporter of Ukraine but I’m getting disillusioned as the age of conscription has been lowered but it should be 18 and Ukraine’s own people are deserting their own country. When Ukraine starts behaving like North Korea (barbed wire fences to keep their own citizens from fleeing) you know there’s a HUGE problem!!!

  12. Well, the Russians no longer have an overcrowding problem in their prisons. Good business, regardless of the fact that the Russians are a vile collective. We gave the Ukrainians crumbs. Stock due for decommissioning. The true burden of cost isn’t as bad as most would think. By not putting in with them from the get go, this was a tragic inevitability. Putin wins? Not good for the rest of the planet. I see lots of indifference here. Can’t for the life of me think how we got to be this foolish.

  13. The corrupt Ukrainian government has been doing this for over 5 years. Video footage ABC shows you some of the old footage. Today, Ukrainian soldiers are not trying to swim to Romania, but directly to the Russian side. The guests without faces that ABC show you are just another corrupt Ukrainian trying to get more money from you by playing an emotional game. You can see how miserable the Ukrainian government is, they use child soldiers, in the video the young boys and girls are close to 15-17 years old.🙂

  14. It was reported just last month that Ukraine has the equivalent of 12 battalions undergoing training. In Poland a new battalion formed with Ukrainians living there is 3,400 strong and being trained and equiped by Poland.

  15. The F-16's they've been begging for for 2 years have just now arrived. This administration should've given them what they needed to win from the very start. Instead, it's been dragged out because God forbid we upset Russia. Just my opinion. Doesn't mean it's right🤷‍♀️

  16. When the reality hits you,MSM…in the beginning of tje war ukraine got 1 million man army at least….yelensky said they got 31k dead,yet they are desperate for more soldiers….something is wrong i would say

  17. Listen to this reporters question. “ do you fear that Ukraine might lose the war” memo to the knuckleheads Ukraine has already lost the war. They lost when they refused to negotiate.

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  19. This isn't new. Last year, Zelensky was asking Poland not to issue any more work permits to able bodied Ukranian men. The handwriting was on the wall back then.

  20. NATO is also struggling to recruit, as few want to risk their lives for Europeans who enjoy three-week vacations.

  21. Donbas and Crimea are now firmly under Russian control, Ukraine will never regain them. Sacrificing lives for a corrupt and authoritarian government in Kyiv is becoming increasingly untenable. A growing number of citizens are vehemently opposing forced conscription and demanding an immediate peace deal, even if it means acknowledging the loss of these territories. Ukraine has already lost a generation of its finest soldiers, engineers, and leaders within a few short years. The government’s pervasive corruption and incompetence have hindered its ability to effectively counter Russia, despite substantial international assistance. The path forward is clear: Sign the peace deal.

  22. Over here they say the Ukraine is winning all the time and Russia is losing, BUT Ukraine needs soldiers and can't find them, probably Western mathematics 😂😂😂😂😂

  23. What happened to the 20,000 football supporters that came home from Euros? Or the holiday makers on Mediteranean beaches at the moment?

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