As casualties continue to mount for Ukrainians, the issues on its citizens stemming from this prolonged conflict do as well. An aging infantry. Stalled advances. Illegal enlistment practices. Bribes get younger, well to do men out of having to serve. Which in turn is adding to low morale. Good read if you have the time.
Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal:
Zelenskyy said in an interview recently he didn't know a timeline of when this conflict would be settled. But that it could continue for years. How many more billions spent & tens of thousands of dead Ukrainians will it take for Biden to come to his senses?
Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal:
“Physically, I can’t handle this,” Dubok (age 47) said of front-line combat. “I’m deeply disappointed that I’m no longer 20.”
A combination of corruption, exemptions and political caution has protected much of Ukraine’s urban middle class against having to fight in the cold and muddy trenches. On the long front line, a disproportionate share of draftees are middle-aged men like Dubok. Often they are from villages and small towns and were too poor to buy their way out.
“The quality of the replacements is not good. They’re rural guys aged 43 to 50, sometimes with health problems,” said an experienced infantryman fighting near Avdiivka.
Tired fighters note bitterly that when they go on leave in big cities such as Kyiv or Dnipro, they see able-bodied men in their 20s and 30s frequenting gyms, bars and hip restaurants.
“Sad news from the front is discouraging citizens from joining,” said Dobro, the drone operator. Ukrainian army commanders who use costly Soviet-style tactics of frontal assaults are adding to people’s fear of being drafted, he said. “Now people realize that if you want to live to see the end of the war, you shouldn’t go to the infantry.”
Zelenskyy said in an interview recently he didn't know a timeline of when this conflict would be settled. But that it could continue for years. How many more billions spent & tens of thousands of dead Ukrainians will it take for Biden to come to his senses?
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