A Ukrainian army proposal to conscript up to 500,000 more civilians has produced mixed feelings in Kyiv, with many people saying more troops are needed to fight Russia but some suggesting it is pointless unless they get more weapons.
A Ukrainian army proposal to conscript up to 500,000 more civilians has produced mixed feelings in Kyiv, with many people saying more troops are needed to fight Russia but some suggesting it is pointless unless they get more weapons.
Low single-digit percentages is not a lot, all things considered, in particular, it’s more than low enough to be able to say, to each of them, “ok if you don’t want to fight you’re going to be a tank mechanic in the rear”: People who don’t want to fight are a liability on the front, anyway. There’s also plenty of people who first fled to the EU and then turned around and joined the fight once the situation stabilised, once it was clear that Russia couldn’t just take over the country.