Ukraine can mobilize 27,000 people a month, while Russia can mobilize 40-50,000, as their losses are greater.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in an interview with Válasz Online.
“Mobilization is a problem in every war. Ukraine is no exception, because we want the war to end. People are getting tired. We can mobilize 27,000 people a month, while the Russians can mobilize 40,000-50,000 because their losses are greater. We can mobilize because of martial law. No one else has the experience to stop Putin. We were the ones who stopped him,” the President said.
According to him, Ukraine did not mobilize 18-24-year-olds, but offered them one-year contracts.
“I have never spoken about it, but if you ask me, I will say: I do not believe that we should mobilize people from the age of 18, as the leaders of other countries think. Operation Web showed that it is not the number of people that matters, but weapons and technology. And also money and pressure,” Zelensky said.
He noted that sanctions should have been aimed at the money that Russians use to finance the war.
“However, when it comes to sanctions, when Western partners list the reasons why they did not dare to impose them, they say that Ukraine has not mobilized people over the age of 18,” Zelenskyy added.
The president emphasized that Ukraine has given 18-24-year-old men the opportunity to show that they too can serve.
“This is what we have now given them, in accordance with our legislation. At the same time, thousands of people are fighting on the front lines without proper weapons,” Zelensky said.
