“We need a force of more than 250,000 or 260,000 soldiers but only about 120,000 soldiers are ready to fight in Ukraine” before Russia conducted a military operation in late February, Zelensky said.
According to the Ukrainian president, in early 2022 he asked to increase the number of troops by 100,000 “whether we have money or not”. However, the Ukrainian leader admitted that even increasing this number would not be enough to stop the Russian army.
“Today, this number is 700,000 soldiers are fighting,” Zelensky revealed.
The President of Ukraine ordered a general mobilization after the start of the war with Russia, requiring all men between the ages of 18 and 60 to stay in the country and fight.
Earlier this week, a bill was introduced to Ukraine’s parliament that for men of this age, who have fled the country, if they do not return within 30 days, they will be deprived of their citizenship.
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