Male citizens living abroad to be asked to join army

[CharlieH]

 

Ukrainian men between the ages of 25 and 60 living abroad will be asked to report for military service, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has said.

 

He described this as an "invitation" - but seemed to suggest anyone who did not comply would be sanctioned.

However, a spokesman later clarified that no call-up was being considered.

President Zelensky told journalists on Tuesday that 450,000-500,000 new soldiers were needed but achieving this was a "sensitive issue".

This comes as Ukraine's recent counter-offensive appears to have stalled.

Kyiv has also seen setbacks in provisions of aid, with US Republicans blocking a $61bn (€55bn; £48bn) military package and Hungary stopping an EU financial deal worth €50bn ($55bn; £43bn).

 

In an analysis of figures from EU statistics agency Eurostat in November, BBC Ukrainian found that some 768,000 Ukrainian men aged 18-64 had left the country for the EU alone since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

The figure does not include citizens living outside the EU, or those resident anywhere abroad since before February 2022.

 

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[Morch]

I'm actually entitled (at least the agent/lawyer dealing with it thinks so) to an Ukrainian citizenship.

Was given a heads-up on this and advised to put the process on hold, which I did.

 

His view was that while I won't be actually called for service, this could cause complications down the line.

[thaibeachlovers]

23 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Ukrainian men between the ages of 25 and 60 living abroad will be asked to report for military service

That'll work, for sure!

 

Who would want to be the last man to die in a lost cause?

[Morch]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

That'll work, for sure!

 

Who would want to be the last man to die in a lost cause?

 

Again, one of them muddled posts of your.

I'm sure you thought you meant something by that.

 

Funny how you advocate it with regard to other conflicts.

[AustinRacing]

Niet niet niet. Is that clear comrade?

[Jenkins9039]

150,000$ buys a alternative citizenship by investment Approx - ~ time to buy a second citizenship for the eloped ukrainians. 

 

$slavaukraine lol

[soalbundy]

I think the Ukrainians and Russians living abroad have already voted with their feet, patriotism good, long life better.

[BusyB]

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

That'll work, for sure!

 

Who would want to be the last man to die in a lost cause?

 

Suggest you pose that question to Russian conscripts, not the people who are defending their country against them.

[fasteddie]

Hopefully they won't have their families held hostage like the poor souls press-ganged off the streets of Ukraine to fight Biden's proxy war.

[Moonlover]

4 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Niet niet niet. Is that clear comrade?

You mean nemaye, nemaye, nemaye. Is that clear comrade AustinRacing?

[thaibeachlovers]

13 hours ago, BusyB said:

 

Suggest you pose that question to Russian conscripts, not the people who are defending their country against them.

IMO the Russians are not losing.

Losing is bad for morale.

[Scouse123]

15 hours ago, fasteddie said:

Hopefully they won't have their families held hostage like the poor souls press-ganged off the streets of Ukraine to fight Biden's proxy war.

 

 

Behave yourself,

 

It was Russia that tried the land grab after the ease in which they seized the Crimea.

 

It smacks of Hitler, you get away with it once and there are minimal complaints, so go again and spin the dice.

 

Nothing to blame Biden for.

[Moonlover]

21 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Niet niet niet. Is that clear comrade?

 

17 hours ago, Moonlover said:

You mean nemaye, nemaye, nemaye. Is that clear comrade AustinRacing?

For the anonymous persons who were confused by my earlier post: Nemaye or немає is Ukrainian for 'no'. 

[beautifulthailand99]

I'm sure all these poor souls will be heartened by the fact that Lindsay Graham said it's the best investment the US has ever made. But then following on from the debacles in Afghanistan and Iraq that's a pretty low bar.