Defense Minister Rustem Umerov appealed to Ukrainians abroad aged 25-60 to come to military centers and defend their homeland.
He said on Wednesday that citizens overseas who are able to serve will be conscripted into the armed forces in 2024. writes newsbeast.gr. They will be asked to report to recruitment centres, Mr Umerov told German media, including the Bild and Die Welt newspapers.
The Ukrainian Defense Minister spoke of an “invitation”, but explained that there would be sanctions if those responsible did not show up: “We are still discussing what we should do if they do not do it voluntarily.”
According to the Ukrainian government, Ukraine wants its armed forces were strengthened 450-500 thousand people to confront Russia. But neither the economic nor the political framework has yet been clarified. President Zelensky named conscription is a “delicate issue.” According to Defense Minister Umerov, it is important that there be justice. He said that in the future, interested parties should be informed in advance about how they will be trained and equipped, when and where they will serve, and when they will be discharged.
After the war began in late February 2022, thousands of Ukrainians fled abroad before Kyiv sent out conscription orders.
Meanwhile, the St. Petersburg Ministry of Internal Affairs said that representatives of local military registration and enlistment offices and employees of the military investigation department of the Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg handed summonses to 11 new Russian citizens from neighboring countries at their citizenship ceremony. Military analysts from ISW noted, that the Russian authorities handed over the subpoenas to crypto-mobilize and calm the Russian ultra-nationalist community. According to ISW, the Russian government is trying to harmonize the exploitation of migrant labor to reduce the labor shortage in Russia and give priority to crypto mobilization to send migrants to the front.
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