Fri. Jul 5th, 2024

The Real Reason Thousands Are Fleeing Conscription in Ukraine<!-- wp:html --><p>Thomas Peter/Reuters</p> <p>KYIV—There aren’t enough volunteers in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/ukraine">Ukraine</a> to make up for the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-is-on-the-cusp-of-losing-this-war-were-screwed">constant flow of dead and wounded soldiers</a>, filling the country’s graveyards and hospital beds.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/volodymyr-zelensky">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky</a> says his military commanders seek an additional 450,000 to 500,000 men to compensate for casualties and expand the army in 2024. Finding men to replace the fallen is becoming more complex.</p> <p>As people’s hope of a quick victory has faded and horror stories fill living rooms, some <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-pulled-off-death-defying-raids-right-under-putins-nose">Ukrainian men</a> are hiding to avoid mobilization.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-reason-thousands-are-fleeing-conscription-in-ukraine">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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KYIV—There aren’t enough volunteers in Ukraine to make up for the constant flow of dead and wounded soldiers, filling the country’s graveyards and hospital beds.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his military commanders seek an additional 450,000 to 500,000 men to compensate for casualties and expand the army in 2024. Finding men to replace the fallen is becoming more complex.

As people’s hope of a quick victory has faded and horror stories fill living rooms, some Ukrainian men are hiding to avoid mobilization.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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