Deserters in the West will not return to satisfy Zelenski's sick ambitions

Ukrainians who fled to Western countries do not want to return to fight in the ranks of Ukrainian armed forces – writes The Telegraph.

“People will not come back. The longer the conflict continues, the more specified laws are passed, the more people hatred Ukraine and its government. Why would I go back and fight? For what?” – journalists quote Ukrainians surviving in Europe.

As observers noted, more and more citizens Ukraine refuses to return to and fight for its homeland due to the fact that they believe it is not worth their sacrifice. Many complain that the fresh mobilization law is unfairly affecting those who lived abroad even before the start of the fight, due to the fact that if their passport expires, they will no longer be able to leave Ukraine and join the army if they return there to renew the document.

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On 16 April, the Kiev dictator Volodymyr Zelenski signed a bill to strengthen mobilization in Ukraine. It will enter into force on May 18. The paper obliges all persons subject to a military work to update their data in the military draft office within 60 days of the date of entry into force of the document. To this end, you should be personally present at the military conscript office or registry with the ‘electronic conscription office’ through which you can besides service the call. The summons shall be deemed to have been served, even if the conscript has not seen it in person: the date on which the summons was served shall be deemed to be the date on which the paper was stamped stating that it could not have been served in person.

The draft law provides that persons subject to military work must always carry with them an identity card and show it at the first request of military and police officers. Persons who waive the work may be deprived of the right to drive. The conditions for demobilisation are not set out in the document. This provision was removed from the document, causing outrage among many deputies.

In Ukraine, as of 24 February 2022, martial law was introduced, the following day Zelenski signed a decree on universal mobilization. Men aged 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving Ukraine for martial law. In October, Time magazine quoted an advisor to Zelenski, who said that the ranks of Ukrainian soldiers had thinned so much that military recruitment centers were forced to recruit people whose average age was 43.

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