whether the draft will increase in the near future — tsn.ua
The Armed Forces said whether there will be a need for the mobilization of all conscript men in the near future.
In Ukraine, it can be strengthened mobilization in the event of a corresponding situation at the front. Each recruitment and social support center (military commissariat) has a plan for the number of specialists to be drafted.
About this Liga.net Roman Horbach, head of the headquarters of the Ground Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports.
“It is clear that after Russia announced the mobilization, the number of their manpower at the front will increase. Thus, the schedule of our conscription is also changing, but the number cannot be said in advance. All our plans and tasks are already being drawn up taking into account the mobilization in Russia “, – explained Horbach.
Horbach except that there is a need to mobilize everyone there will be no conscripted men in the near future. He also emphasized that in Ukraine there is a tendency not to increase the categories that are subject to mobilization, but on the contrary, to decrease.
According to him, now there will be fewer volunteers who want to mobilize to staff the territorial centers, but they are still there.
“Statistics on the number of volunteers are not kept, but we can definitely say that some of them refuse. “Some are not suitable for age due to their health, some are not eligible for conscription by law – for example, these are young men under 27 who have not served before,” says Horbach.
Who is currently called up first and what specialties are needed in the army
In the words of Roman Horbach, “the most prepared categories of citizens who have already completed military service” are now being mobilized. All military units of Ukraine are equipped with the necessary specialists, there is no shortage of any specialties. Those who have not served before are called only to training centers of primary training.
“Many are being trained for simple specialties – for example, marksmen. If you need to train a person to be a gunner or commander of a combat vehicle, then another two weeks or more are added to the month. And in order to get a highly qualified specialty, such as a drone operator, you need to train for several months,” reports the head of the headquarters of the Ground Forces Command.
Horbach emphasized that the difference in mobilization in Ukraine and Russia has disappeared in the fact that in Ukraine, military personnel are trained for just over a month, “and they had people called up on September 21, and on October 10, she also returned home in a plastic bag.”
Mobilization in Ukraine
Mobilization began in Ukraine on February 24 – when Russia began full scale invasion to Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that a significant activation was being carried out there is currently no mobilization. Conscripts are drafted into the army every month depending on the situation at the front.
The head of the Kyiv city center of recruitment and social support reported that the mobilization of conscripts will also take place in 2023 to provide not only defense, but also for offense.
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