Troop shortage sapping morale, Ukraine’s President Zelensky says | BBC News
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Published 2024-05-18
He was speaking as new laws to boost army recruitment come into effect.
Prisoners will now be allowed to join, and fines have gone up for men who ignore the order to fight.
Ukraine’s forces are short on weapons and are trying to shore up a weakened front line. They are facing growing military pressure from Russia, which has made its largest territorial gains in the country in 18 months.
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All Comments (21)
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"Ukranians lost 30k soldiers, and now they need 500k replacements."
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He said they only lost 30k troops so far though?!?! How can it be
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How can this be true with all the Game Changers sent to them while their opponents were using Shovels and parts from washing machines according to our 'experts'
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If your country does not allow you to leave, you are not a citizen. You are a prisoner.
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They only lost 31k soldiers KIA out of 1.5M soldiers and now there is a shortage somebody is lying somebody is lying 😂😂😂😂😂
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more than zelenky BBC is worried
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How can you have a troops shortage when Zelensky himself said Ukraine only lost 31,000 troops so far ? Crazy lies !
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Russian shovels and washing machines sure are scary!
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for "new law on military recruitement" read "dragging people off the street and forcing them to fight"
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Did anyone pick up on that reporter saying they have half a million men when Zelensky had previously said it was a million man army?🤔
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The Sun, Skynews, ABC: they re winning. So why whining
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Zelenskyy is using prisoners now, what a hypocrite
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Women should ask for equal recruitment, this is a violation of feminists rights
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You've lost, Z. Do a deal and run away to your palace on Cyprus.
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Ukraine has lost the war and zelensky is desperate 😅😅😅
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Forcing people to fight? That isn’t democracy
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Bro wanted weapons now needs Manpower 😅
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Comedian of the century Zelenesky... Who has made Ukraine a Play ground of NATO and Russia... Rip innocent Ukrainian people
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Men not wanting to fight a war is a really big problem. Doesn't matter how much money or weapons you receive, if theres not enough soldiers to use them then its all for nothing, but then again, how come they're not bringing in more women to fight as well as men?
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Germany let slip that Ukraine had 60,000 amputees. The ratio to casualties is 1-8. Which means they have about 500,000 casualties. That was 2 months ago. Russias 10-1 firepower advantage is just slaughtering Ukraine.
