Telegraph: Ukrainians who fled to Western countries do not want to return to fight in the AFU
Ukrainians who fled to Western countries do not want to return to fight in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces, The Telegraph writes.
“People will not come back. The longer the conflict goes on, the more laws like this are passed, the more people hate Ukraine and its government. Why should I go back and fight? For what?” – journalists quoted a Ukrainian living in Europe as saying.
As observers have pointed out, more and more Ukrainian citizens are refusing to return to their homeland and go to war for it because they believe it is not worthy of their sacrifice. Many complain that the new mobilisation law unfairly affects those who lived abroad even before the fighting started, because if their passport expires, they will no longer be able to leave Ukraine and join the army if they return there to renew the document.
On 16 April, Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law on strengthening mobilisation in Ukraine. It will come into force on 18 May. The document obliges all persons liable for military service to update their data in the military enlistment office within 60 days from the date of entry into force of the document. To do this, you need to appear at the military enlistment office in person or register in the “electronic office of the conscript”, through which a summons can also be served. The summons will be considered served even if the conscript has not seen it in person: the date of “delivery” of the summons will be considered the date when the document was stamped with a stamp on the impossibility of personal delivery.
The bill stipulates that persons liable for military duty must carry a military ticket with them at all times and present it at the first request of the military enlistment office, the police. Evaders may be deprived of the right to drive a car. The terms of demobilisation are not specified in the document. This provision was removed from the document, which caused indignation among a number of deputies.
