Zelensky: Ukraine can mobilize 27 thousand people a month, while the Russian Federation is 40-50 thousand

Ukraine can mobilize 27 thousand people a month, while Russia is 40-50 thousand, but not an important number of people, but weapons and technologies, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Source: Zelensky in an interview with the Hungarian edition of Valasz Online

Direct Presidential language: “Mobilization is a problem of every war. Ukraine is no exception because we want the war to end. People are tired. We can mobilize 27,000 people a month, and Russians can mobilize 40-50 000 because their losses are larger. Mobilization is possible due to martial law.

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Details: He added that Ukraine did not mobilize 18-24 years, but offered them an annual contract.

“I have never talked about it, but if you ask me, I will say: I do not think that we should mobilize from the age of 18, as the leaders of other countries think. The operation of” spider web “showed: not a number of people, but weapons and technologies. And more money and pressure,” Zelensky said.

He added that sanctions should be directed to the money that Russians use to finance war. But let the Western partners be called for the reasons why they did not dare to sanctions is that there is no mobilization in Ukraine since the age of 18.

“Honestly, we have given the opportunity to 18-24-year-old guys to show that they can also serve. This is what we have given them now, according to our legislation. At the same time, thousands of people are fighting on the forefront without proper weapons,” Zelensky said.

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Prehistory:

• On November 19, 2024, at that time, US President Joe Baiden on National Security Jake Sullivan stated that Ukraine had received many different American weapons, but still found himself in a difficult situation on the battlefield – and the reason for this he called mobilization problems.
• After that, the media wrote that Baiden’s administration urges Ukraine to rapidly increase the number of armed forces at the expense of, in particular, to revise mobilization legislation to allow the conscription to the army of people from 18 years.
• At that time, US billionaire Ilon Musk and the adviser to US President Donald Trump criticized the US calls to Ukraine to allow mobilization to the army from the age of 18.
• According to the media, disputes around the quantitative indicators of mobilization and mobilization age have led to tensions in relations between the Presidents of Ukraine and the USA.
• On December 19, 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on a discussion about a possible decrease in mobilization age, said that it is now more urgent to provide arms and training by the event.
• In January, at that time, the future adviser to Donald Trump on National Security, Congressman Mike Volz stated that Ukraine should reduce the mobilization age to attract hundreds of thousands of new military and stabilize the front line.