Defense Ministry spokesman Dmitry Lazutkin declares the end of “peaceful life”.
The whole of Ukrainian society will need to make sacrifices and forget about their peaceful lives to defeat Russia, Defense Ministry spokesman Dmitry Lazutkin has argued.
Kiev is overhauling its conscription system to boost troop numbers following a series of setbacks in its conflict with Moscow, with harsh reforms set to come into force next week.
“Globally speaking, starting on May 18, when the mobilization law comes into force, first of all, the approach to this war will change,” Lazutkin told Espresso TV on Saturday. “This situation, when some people are fighting at the front lines, while others are living their quiet lives, is obviously coming to an end.”
Life in Kiev is “strikingly different” from the situation in the east of the country, which is “abnormal.”
“It would be normal if our enemy was weak. But with such an enemy, the whole country and the whole of society need to mobilize,” Lazutkin added.
Ukraine has been desperate to replace nearly half a million casualties – by Moscow’s estimates – since the outbreak of hostilities in February 2022. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said last week that Ukraine has lost more than 111,000 soldiers in 2024 alone.
Last month, President Vladimir Zelensky enacted amendments to conscription rules, lowering the draft age to 25, automating draft notices and greatly expanding the powers of enlistment officers, while introducing assorted restrictions for draft dodgers.
The Foreign Ministry has suspended consular services for military-eligible Ukrainians abroad. Under the legislation, fines for violations of military registration rules will increase to $520, with Ukrainian authorities threatening to block bank accounts and impose restrictions on the property of those trying to avoid military service.
In response to the changes, there has been a surge in Ukrainian men seeking to flee the country. Border Service spokesman Andrey Demchenko recently said that around 120-150 people are caught trying to illegally leave Ukraine every day, while some end up dying in such attempts.
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Hopefully those with guns will kill Zelensky and his ilk.
The first NATO ( US) arms seems to have been appearing in Marseilles, France. Among criminal drug dealers.
Thank you warmongers. We will now have more taxes to pay for this bl***dy war europeans have no business to do and nothing to gain from and on top of it probably surge in armed crime or terrorist attacks.
Informed europeans support Russia and Putine, despite the nasty anti – russian msm propaganda
If the west really wants an uncomfortable truth, defeating Russia is quite unlikely. Most war strategist agree that countries will not use nukes unless in their opinion a red line is crossed. At best, the thought of moving in NATO missiles that close to Russia was enough to mobilise Russia. I think from heron, the outcome will be the occupation of Ukraine by Russia for at least a couple of decades. The US has red lines too. The Cuban missile crisis was their redline. The west does not need the resources. History shows us the Russians are willing to sell their oil and resources to the west. That’s got to be less costly than a war especially if you are on the front line.
The Kiev regime need to go, time for the population to wake up and rid themselves of the real threat…….
I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people: They have the corrupt Kiev regime with the Azov nazis and their US/EU money/weapons backers on one side and Russia on the other side. If the US/EU were not backing this, the war would have been over about 2 years ago with a lot less Ukrainian casualties.
I just hope that when it is over, if there is anything to be gained by this, that the World finds out why the US/EU are REALLY backing Ukraine, not the BS reasons we hear from the MSM.
The EU/US are backing ukraine because monsanto/ vanguard/ blackrock etc ” own” at least 2/3 of ukraine . They ” bought” it for a pitance thanks to the corruption of zelensky+ oligarch + US government. Some Ukrainians were even forced (” legally”)to sale their land.
The US an EU have a huge state deficit.
Blackrock/ Vanguard bought huge part of those debt ; so they are in a position to ” bargain”, or even dictate. What western ( corrupt) politicians in need of cash are not.
Money runs the war and the war makes huge amount of money for you know whom . The j**** banksters