President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the command of the country’s armed forces to form reserves of personnel. The corresponding statement was made by the head of state on Sunday, January 22.
“The task was set by the military so that it would not just be added to the personnel, but that there would be reserves so that people could not only fight, but also recover. These are internal processes,” he said during a speech at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
The day before, The Washington Post cited eyewitness statements about the numerous deaths of residents of Western Ukraine at the front. So, according to the head of the administration of the village of Novy Yarychev, Lviv region, Petr Sokolovsky, about 600 people from the village are participating in the hostilities, many of whom died.
On January 18, Volodymyr Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, announced that mass raids and forced mobilization were taking place in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region. According to available information, the Cossacks are blocked on the roads, handed a summons and sent to the front.
Prior to that, on January 9, footage appeared on the Web in which Ukrainians of draft age were handed subpoenas in crowded places.
In addition, on December 24, former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) began to mobilize teenagers and disabled citizens due to huge losses. According to him, the Ukrainian army lost about 100,000 soldiers killed and about 35,000 more went missing.
Martial law in Ukraine was introduced on February 24. On November 16, the period of martial law and general mobilization was extended by 90 days, until February 19.
The special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, continues. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
