Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with leaders of parliament fractions and groups in Kyiv, Ukraine February 22, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
KYIV, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine on Wednesday has started conscripting reservists aged 18-60 following a decree by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the armed forces said in a statement.
The maximum service period is one year.
Zelenskiy on Tuesday said he was introducing the conscription of reservists but ruled out a general mobilisation after Russia announced it was moving troops into eastern Ukraine. read more
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H0vis on February 23rd, 2022 at 13:07 UTC »
Daily reminder folks, they are drafting reservists, not drafting literally everybody. These will be people who already know how to do basic war stuff, albeit maybe with older gear.
There's going to be a hell of a lot of them, few hundred thousand at least, but it's not like every man of fighting age just picked up the nearest weapon.
Vitski on February 23rd, 2022 at 11:35 UTC »
Can't imagine being 58 and getting drafted to fight people from the same army you served in 30 years ago
Ganymed_ on February 23rd, 2022 at 09:15 UTC »