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Ukraine starts conscripting younger men for war as battles continue around Kharkiv
FRANCE 24 English
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5/19/2024
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00:00
A mobilization law has come into effect in Ukraine.
00:07
The goal is to rotate exhausted troops.
00:11
These volunteers are at a training center for the Ukrainian army's 3rd assault brigade.
00:20
The hostages of the situation aren't those afraid of being mobilized, but those holding
00:24
positions in a team of three when there should be ten.
00:28
These guys are hostages of the situation and they should be relieved.
00:31
So we've gathered here and are preparing for this.
00:34
The new mobilization legislation comes alongside the reduction of the conscription age from
00:39
27 to 25.
00:42
Provisions in the law include making it easier to identify conscripts with men 18 to 16 obliged
00:48
to update their personal data with the military authorities.
00:51
It includes financial incentives for volunteers such as money towards buying a house or car.
00:57
And there's no time limit for wartime military service.
00:59
The demobilization issue is to be addressed in separate legislation.
01:05
Kyiv is warning that Russia could step up its offensive in Ukraine's northeast amid
01:09
gains in Kharkiv.
01:11
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describes the situation in that region as
01:15
controlled but not stabilized.
01:17
He has underscored the need for air defenses and troops.
01:24
We need to staff the reserves.
01:26
There is a serious number of brigades, existing ones, which, a large number of them, are empty.
01:33
We need to do this so that the guys have a normal rotation.
01:37
Then their morale will be improved.
01:44
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the northeastern offensive is in retaliation
01:48
for Ukraine's shelling of border regions and that Moscow is creating a buffer zone.
01:53
Capturing the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest, is not part of his plan.
01:58
Moscow's forces have pummeled Kharkiv with strikes in recent weeks, prompting accusations
02:02
from Zelensky that Putin sought to reduce the city to rubble.
02:05
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