Ukraine conscription deadline set to run out

Ukraine conscription deadline set to run out | BBC News

welcome back let’s go to Ukraine where a two-month deadline runs out today for all Ukrainian men of conscription age to update their contact details with military enlistment officers the government will impose fines possibly even prosecute those who don’t comply this is part of the Ukrainian government’s efforts to maintain Manpower with its ongoing war against Russia our Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse told us more about the current levels of conscription there are lengthy cues outside some recruitment offic is in cities like Kev and it’s sites like that which officials are Keen to point out it represents a level of Engagement among some men Keen to meet the deadline today where if you’re between the age of 18 and 60 and you’re either a reservist or of conscription age which is from the age of 25 you have to register your email uh where you live uh and where you can be found uh with the country’s military database um but we are at a stage of the war where those those who wanted to volunteer and fight and risk their lives uh did so long ago now you do speak to men who have returned from the front line with serious injuries but who are Keen to get back they are driven in that way uh but there are others now that you hear more and more of of who are petrified of being called up called up the argument is is that not everyone is a killer and they are frankly scared of what is going on on the front line we are also talking about a system uh where there is historically been a serious lack of public trust where there have been historical claims of corruption where if someone had enough money or knew the right person they could avoid the draft and even be smuggled out of the country Ukraine passed a new mobilization law which was seen as controversial it widened the age but crucially in the eyes of critics it didn’t have a cap on the time you would need to serve um but these are the times Ukraine finds itself in against its much bigger aggressor it’s Invader Russia it is having to mobilize as many men as it can for its continued fight so the deadline is today if men don’t register their details and they’re caught uh they could face a hefty fine or even prison and there’s also now a societal tension that you detect in cities like Kev in aesta in the South even NE proo in the East you have men that may have exemptions because of the jobs they do uh or who have simply not been drafted and they live their life lives as normal and then you have those other men who have seen unimaginable things on the front line who return home and see cities seemingly functioning as normal I use that word lightly because these are still places targeted by missile strikes but these are difficult societal times for Ukraine as it continues to mount its fight its defense against Russia

A two-month deadline for Ukrainian men of conscription age to update their contact details with military enlistment officers is set to run out.

It comes as part of the Ukrainian government’s efforts to maintain manpower in its ongoing war with Russia, who invaded the country in 2022.

The government has said it will impose fines and possibly even prosecute those who do not comply.

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