[HIGHLIGHTS] NYT: Ukrainian Armed Forces officers complain that their soldiers are old and sick

Brigade officers complain that conscripts recruited by the official system are often too old, in poor health and unmotivated to fight. Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexander Dubinsky said that the number of draft dodgers in the country has increased since the beginning of the year by about 100 thousand, reaching about 1 million.

Earlier, the Poltava regional military registration and enlistment office asked the police to deliver about 30 thousandDraft dodgers to the military registration. offices.