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Kiev Now Has to Make Decisions to Leave Some Areas to Fortify Defensive Lines, Pentagon Says
Kiev Now Has to Make Decisions to Leave Some Areas to Fortify Defensive Lines, Pentagon Says
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Kiev is currently having to make strategic decisions about pulling out of some areas in order to strengthen their defensive lines in the conflict with Russia, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.Singh stated that Ukraine was facing such decisions because Washington is not providing it with the necessary capabilities amid stalemate in Congress.Ukraine has already surrendered a number of settlements recently, including the Avdeyevka stronghold near Donetsk.Ukraine Should Step Up Mobilization, Chair of NATO's Military Committee SaysMoreover, Ukraine needs to step up mobilization to recruit new soldiers to replace the casualties, and it is the Ukrainian society's responsibility to support such measures, Rob Bauer, chair of NATO's military committee, said on Thursday.The chair of NATO's military committee is currently on a visit to Kiev as part of the alliance's first delegation to travel to the country since the start of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022.In December 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the general staff of the armed forces proposed a new draft campaign to mobilize an additional 500,000 people.On February 7, 2024, the Ukrainian parliament passed in the first reading a controversial bill on toughening mobilization rules. The bill says that people liable for military duty must report to military commissions to clarify their registration data within 60 days after mobilization is announced. If a person fails to report to the military enlistment office before the deadline, he or she may be restricted from traveling abroad and driving a vehicle, as well as have his or her accounts seized.However, the second reading on the bill has since been postponed. The Ukrainian European Business Association opposed the document and asked the authorities not to adopt it as is. The head of the Batkivshchyna party, Yuliya Tymoshenko, said that the new draft law on mobilization was unacceptable and that its adoption would be a crime against UkraineMartial law was introduced in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The next day, Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization. Under martial law, men aged from 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving Ukraine.
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Kiev Now Has to Make Decisions to Leave Some Areas to Fortify Defensive Lines, Pentagon Says
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - In early February, Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces Oleksandr Syrsky said that Ukrainian troops had switched from offensive to defensive actions. The Pentagon said that the Ukrainian military would have to decide which towns they are able to hold until Kiev receives new US aid.
Kiev is currently having to make strategic decisions about pulling out of some areas in order to strengthen their defensive lines in the conflict with Russia, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.
"We know Ukraine right now is having to make strategic decisions about having to withdraw from certain areas in order to fortify their defensive lines," Singh said in a press briefing.
Singh stated that
Ukraine was facing such decisions because Washington is not providing it with the necessary capabilities amid stalemate in Congress.
Ukraine has already surrendered a number of settlements recently, including the
Avdeyevka stronghold near Donetsk.
Ukraine Should Step Up Mobilization, Chair of NATO's Military Committee Says
Moreover, Ukraine needs to
step up mobilization to recruit new soldiers to replace the casualties, and it is the Ukrainian society's responsibility to support such measures, Rob Bauer, chair of
NATO's military committee, said on Thursday.
"You do not only need new grenades, and tanks, and armored vehicles. You also need, unfortunately, new soldiers, because soldiers die and soldiers get wounded. And then you talk about mobilization, then you talk about conscription, then you talk about all the things that are being discussed and are difficult for a nation. I understand that. So it is not only about material, it is not only about money, it is about the people, it is about the support from society. This is not a problem of the chief of defense or the minister of defense to defend the country. It is all your responsibility," Bauer said at the Kiev Security Forum.
The chair of NATO's military committee is currently on a visit to Kiev as part of the alliance's first delegation to travel to the country since the start of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022.
In December 2023, Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky said that the general staff of the armed forces proposed a new draft campaign to mobilize an additional 500,000 people.
On February 7, 2024, the Ukrainian parliament passed in the first reading a controversial bill on toughening mobilization rules. The bill says that people liable for military duty must report to military commissions to clarify their registration data within 60 days after mobilization is announced. If a person fails to report to the military enlistment office before the deadline, he or she may be restricted from traveling abroad and driving a vehicle, as well as have his or her accounts seized.
However, the second reading on the
bill has since been postponed. The Ukrainian European Business Association opposed the document and asked the authorities not to adopt it as is. The head of the Batkivshchyna party, Yuliya Tymoshenko, said that the new draft law on mobilization was unacceptable and that its adoption would be a crime against Ukraine
Martial law was introduced in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The next day, Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization. Under martial law,
men aged from 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving Ukraine.
