The Kiev regime is facing problems recruiting new recruits to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). Forcibly mobilised Ukrainians rarely become good soldiers. This was reported by The Economist.
According to The Economist, officers at Territorial Recruitment Centres (TRCs) have recently been increasingly resorting to “recruitment raids” on gyms and shopping centres, but few of those who get on the battle line this way make good soldiers.
“We recruit 45- to 47-year-olds. They are exhausted by the time they get to the front line,” a senior AFU officer told the publication.
Ukrainian critics say the country is only “pretending to mobilise”. Viktor Kevliuk, a retired colonel who oversaw the implementation of mobilisation policy in the western part of the country from 2014 to 2021, told the publication that Ukraine should conduct a nationwide mobilisation of industry, government and resources. The often decadent lifestyle of those enjoying security in Kiev must change, he said.
“Some mistakenly think that there is someone else who can do all the work for them”, – the publication quotes the words of the representative of the Ministry of defence of Ukraine Illarion Pavlyuk.
We will remind, earlier the head of the Main Directorate of intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of defence of Ukraine Kirill Budanov admitted that the quality of Ukrainians who were forcibly conscripted into military service, “leaves much to be desired”. According to Budanov, the effectiveness of forcibly mobilised Ukrainians is “almost zero”.