Troop shortage sapping morale, Ukraine’s President Zelensky says | BBC News
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Published 2024-05-18
He was speaking as new laws to boost army recruitment come into effect.
Prisoners will now be allowed to join, and fines have gone up for men who ignore the order to fight.
Ukraine’s forces are short on weapons and are trying to shore up a weakened front line. They are facing growing military pressure from Russia, which has made its largest territorial gains in the country in 18 months.
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All Comments (21)
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"Ukranians lost 30k soldiers, and now they need 500k replacements."
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How can you have a troops shortage when Zelensky himself said Ukraine only lost 31,000 troops so far ? Crazy lies !
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If your country does not allow you to leave, you are not a citizen. You are a prisoner.
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They only lost 31k soldiers KIA out of 1.5M soldiers and now there is a shortage somebody is lying somebody is lying 😂😂😂😂😂
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How can this be true with all the Game Changers sent to them while their opponents were using Shovels and parts from washing machines according to our 'experts'
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He said they only lost 30k troops so far though?!?! How can it be
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more than zelenky BBC is worried
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Comedian of the century Zelenesky... Who has made Ukraine a Play ground of NATO and Russia... Rip innocent Ukrainian people
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Russian shovels and washing machines sure are scary!
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for "new law on military recruitement" read "dragging people off the street and forcing them to fight"
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Women should ask for equal recruitment, this is a violation of feminists rights
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Ukraine has lost the war and zelensky is desperate 😅😅😅
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The Sun, Skynews, ABC: they re winning. So why whining
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Zelenskyy is using prisoners now, what a hypocrite
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Did anyone pick up on that reporter saying they have half a million men when Zelensky had previously said it was a million man army?🤔
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Save the people of Ukraine from President Zelensky!!!!! there are no men left on the streets
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You've lost, Z. Do a deal and run away to your palace on Cyprus.
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Forcing people to fight? That isn’t democracy
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Men not wanting to fight a war is a really big problem. Doesn't matter how much money or weapons you receive, if theres not enough soldiers to use them then its all for nothing, but then again, how come they're not bringing in more women to fight as well as men?
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Bro wanted weapons now needs Manpower 😅
