Up to 500,000 new soldiers were to be recruited for Ukraine - this caused anger among the population. Commander-in-Chief Sysrky is trying to reassure: the number has been corrected significantly downwards.

Syrsky did not specify how many additional soldiers would now be recruited. The government has to take ever tougher measures to ensure that there are enough soldiers available for the war against Russia, because war fatigue is spreading, writes Alexander Nekrassov, an expert on the Ukrainian military.