A Ukrainian serviceman and his partner carrying a baby walk past a recruiting point of the 4th Brigade of the Operational Assignment 'Rubizh' in Kyiv on July 4, 2024, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's push to recruit more soldiers in its ongoing war with Russia has been heating up this summer, with signs emerging that Kyiv's much-debated mobilization efforts may be turning a corner.A Ukrainian soldier and his partner, holding a baby, walk past a recruitment site in Kyiv earlier this month. Ukraine's military says a recruitment drive led the conscription rate to rise dramatically this spring as the war with Russia continues.
He told Reuters that Ukraine must "invest human capital smartly and efficiently where it is needed. Because inasmuch as you can get anyone to drive a truck or clean toilets, you can't get effective warfighters that easily." At this point, those veterans have vital skills and experience that can't easily be replaced by rookie recruits — a reality that Demus said has given Zelenskyy pause on how to deal with the demobilization issue.
Yet the veterans have spent years away from their families and the lives they had before the war, and they have been under intense stress.The U.S. election in November could mean a change of leaders in the White House — and that could affect Ukraine. The RAND Corporation's Demus said the support that Ukraine gets from the U.S. and other allies is part of a series of inter-connected issues that Kyiv must manage when it comes to mobilization.
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