KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament adopted a bill on Thursday intended to facilitate the mobilization of civilians as the army lacks men and weapons to confront Russia.
This legislative text, passed by a majority of 283 votes (out of 450) according to Holos party deputy Yaroslav Jelezniak, was the subject of negotiations and amendments for months, with political forces procrastinating in the face of the unpopularity of the measures. considered.
Contrary to the initial project, the law no longer sets any time limit on the engagement of soldiers on the front, even though they are exhausted by more than two years of conflict.
“It must be understood that no one will be able to stay away,” the commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, wrote on Facebook.
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“No matter how much help we get, no matter how many weapons we have, we are undermanned.”
The law has yet to be signed into law by President Volodimir Zelensky.
(Olena Harmash and Yuliia Dysa; Jean-Stéphane Brosse for the French version)
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