Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill toughening mobilization in the army. The bill does not provide for a demobilization period for soldiers.
The enlistment of new people has sparked debate in Ukraine for more than a year. Russian authorities are seeking to recruit around 400,000 contract soldiers in 2024 to support their forces in Ukraine according to British intelligence.. Approximately 150,000 soldiers aged 18 to 30 are expected to be enlisted this spring, which matches previously enlisted numbers,’ British intelligence said.. These conss will serve for 12 months in all branches of the Russian military forces but are not currently employed in combat missions in Ukraine.. At the beginning of April, President Volodymyr Zelensky had already approved the lowering of the age from 27 to 25 years at which one can be mobilized. “We must give those convicted the opportunity to fight,” co-author of the text, Oleksiï Goncharenko, defended on Telegram, while promising that those convicted of murder or rape would not be enlisted.