Ukrainian military seeks to mobilize up to 500,000 more men by Andriy Andriyenko / SOPA Images
As Ukraine enters its third year of war, victory against Russia seems an increasingly distant prospect. Last summer’s failed counteroffensive, combined with stalled Western aid, has put the Ukrainian military on the defensive. Now, the need to rotate exhausted troops out of fighting is running up against a growing manpower shortage. Ukraine’s armed forces need more fighters: The country’s General Staff requested 500,000 additional men be mobilized to supplement the already 1.1 million-strong military, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press conference on Dec. 19 (2023).
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