Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (2nd L) listens to explanations as he inspects a military drill, with the National Security and Defence Council Oleksandr Turchynov (L) seen nearby, at a training ground near the city of Mykolaiv April 25, 2015. Reuters/Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters
Washington Post: Ukraine’s military mobilization undermined by draft dodgers
KIEV, Ukraine — As the country’s eastern conflict drags into a second year, Ukraine’s military leaders are trying to learn from past mistakes.
They are trying to be better trained and prepared, because no one knows when the warm weather might push this frozen conflict with pro-Russian separatists into all-out war again. And they are calling up the able-bodied men of Ukraine in droves to turn the military that had only 6,000 battle-ready troops before the start of this conflict into a standing force a quarter-million strong.
But not everyone is heeding the call to arms.
“I decided a long time ago that I wouldn’t respond to the order,” said Igor, a 25-year-old worker with a nongovernmental organization within Kiev, who received a draft summons in February. “I am not at all interested in participating in such a conflict. They should have been acting much more effectively to have fewer victims — I don’t want to end up on the victim list myself.”
WNU Editor: Cannot say that I am surprised .... Ukraine is a deeply divided country, and Russian-Ukrainians have zero interest in fighting for Kiev let alone fighting against those that their sympathic with. In the meantime .... the low level skirmishes continue .... Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists trade accusations as Minsk deal frays (Reuters).
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