26 Ukraine loses Severodonetsk to Russia. Next fight is the even more unpronounceable Lysychansk. (archive.ph) posted 2 years ago by TheImpossible1 2 years ago by TheImpossible1 +30 / -4 40 comments share 40 comments share save hide report block hide replies
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Ukrainian fighters are mostly enthusiastic volunteers.
The separatists nowadays are mostly conscripts, aged from 18 to over 80 (the elderly go to police style forces).
"Late in the evening of March 1, I went with my wife and child to Uzhgorod, on the border with Slovakia. In my naiveté, I also went along because I thought I was not fit for military service. On the temporary certificate that was issued to me as a replacement for my military ID card, it said "unfit in peacetime, limited fitness for military service." When I inquired, I immediately received a summons to the draft board. I was told to call a cab and drive to the enlistment office in the middle of the night. Although I had done nothing illegal - I had neither offered a bribe nor tried to cross the border secretly, I had simply asked - I knew from the way they spoke to me that I would never get out of there."
Excerpt from this (translated with deepl.com). The whole thing is worth a read.