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| 'Everyone will fight.' What is known about the fourth wave of mobilization |
| 2023-08-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] If Ukraine faces a real threat of losing statehood, then all men will go to the front, they say in the Verkhovna Rada. Today, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law extending martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for another 90 days, that is, until November 15. In general, the conscription process in the country has been going on continuously since February 24, 2022, and, as the military-political leadership says, now only the second wave of mobilization is operating, but there are real prospects for strengthening mobilization processes. "I WILL FIGHT EVERYTHING" The day before, Yegor Chernev, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, said that mobilization in Ukraine is carried out in accordance with the law, but if the state needs it, then everyone will go to war. According to him, while there are no plans to make any changes on conscription in Ukraine in the near future, the system will continue to work as before. “For our part, we are making sure that it really works, and does not corrupt the military commissars due to evasion of mobilization. Our task is to make sure that the rules and conditions are for everyone, and we are working on this,” Chernev said in an interview with Novosti. But when asked by journalists whether all Ukrainians liable for military service would have to fight, the deputy said that everything would depend on how long the war would go on and how many resources Russia could use. The deputy explained that indeed the fourth stage of mobilization assumes that all men go to war, while now the second wave is underway in Ukraine. He also noted that if our country faces "a real threat of losing statehood, then everyone will go." He emphasized that the duty of every man is to defend his country. "However, today we are not talking about this option. We have the resource to restrain the Russians in the east and south of Ukraine," the deputy added. AGENDAS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE HEADS OF CONDOMINIUMS In parallel with this statement , draft law No. 9566 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada . Thus, according to the draft law, the deputies want to allow employees of the housing and communal services, condominiums and other organizations serving residential buildings to submit information about conscripts and those liable for military service to the military registration and enlistment offices and hand over summonses to the TCC and the joint venture. "Housing maintenance organizations, other organizations or enterprises and institutions that operate houses, as well as house owners, in accordance with the orders of district (city) territorial recruitment and social support centers ... timely submit the necessary information to the indicated authorities about conscripts and those liable for military service, notify them of the call ... by serving summons and facilitate the arrival of the call," the bill says. In addition, the document provides for the right to a kind of alternative service. Thus, the authors of the bill openly admit that the practice of serving subpoenas on the streets is inefficient. "Efforts to mobilize citizens for military service through coercion and threats have a negative impact on the economy, lead to unnecessary social tension, and also create a pleasant impression for enemies that there are not enough brave patriots in Ukraine who are ready to defend the Fatherland," the bill says. The authors of the document are convinced that it should settle the issue with those who are not ready to fight. Such persons liable for military service are invited to write a refusal to mobilize for personal or religious beliefs. These people will be involved in works that are of a defensive nature and ensure the functioning of the national economy under martial law. NEW CAMPAIGN FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE Today, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also presented posters with which it wants to encourage conscripts to come to the military registration and enlistment offices. The campaign is called "Update data in TCC". The main message is that it is not scary to go to the military registration and enlistment offices. "We have developed a campaign, the main idea of which is that admitting one's own fears is already brave, and the army needs brave people," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. According to Ground Forces spokesman Roman Gorbach, updating the data will not last long - "you need to go to one office of the TCC with the appropriate package of documents." The posters depict Ukrainian soldiers talking about how they overcome fears at the front. These posters, as well as similar ones, will be shown on the One News telethon, other TV channels, radio, cinemas, digital outdoor advertising and trains. |
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