from thefreeonline 0n 28th Nov 2023 by Andrew Korybko and thefreeonline at Nuclear-news
Zelensky’s forthcoming conscription drive might be the last straw that breaks and could result in an Uprising and/or perhaps even a Zaluzhny-led mutiny .
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The EU’s official statistics body Eurostat confirmed that an estimated 650,000 military-age Ukrainian men escaped to the bloc since the start of Russia’s special operation, despite Martial Law and Military Mobilisation of all male Ukrainian citizens aged 18 to 60, prohibited them from travelling abroad, unless they could provide documents that they fulfilled specified conditions for exemption.[18][19][20.
As it runs out of ‘Cannon Fodder’ Ukraine has repeatedly demanded that the EU deport hundreds of thousands ‘Draft Dodgers’, fortunately the EU continues to refuse.
“I don’t think I can be a good soldier right now in this war,” a Ukrainian computer programmer named Volodymyr told the Times.“Look at me,” he said, in a pub in Warsaw. “I wear glasses. I am 46. I don’t look like a classic fighter, some Rambo who can fight Russian troops.” He took a sip of his beer and stared into his glass..
The BBC reported on this shortly after Zelensky promised that a new conscription drive will begin next week, and the timing of their article can thus be interpreted as a subtle signal that they expect this policy to fail. The West has been pushing Zelensky to expand the conscription age to men aged 17-70 and mobilize more women, Russian intelligence said earlier this week. Kiev has neither confirmed nor denied these claims.
Conscription in Russia
Conscription in Russia is only a 12-month draft, which is mandatory for all male citizens who are between 18 and 30 years old, with a number of exceptions.. The anti- war movement has been heavily repressed, despite brave anarchists attacking military call-up centers. Even so, Russian youth do not conform, many still refuse the draft and oppose the Russian state. There is still no martial law and many have been able to flee the country
In Russia there is no martial law and still no General Mobilization, with TOO MANY people volunteering for the military, and ‘low’ casualties due to a policy of evading frontal attacks. Putin confirmed in his December 2023 annual questions session that no new mobilisation is necessary.
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Polls claim the Putin led patriotic national revival has overwhelming support, gradually cracking down on all ‘western values’ and even including LGBTQ .
Russia is being careful about the danger of mass refusal after the extensive anti-war campaign in previous wars. There is still no general mobilisation and war policy has mainly avoided direct confrontations in favour of indirect artillery, drone and air bombing with ‘limited casualties’.. There were scandals, for example, when some conscripts were sent to the war front despite promises to the contrary, and a new online draft system is being introduced after complaints and scandals at local ‘mistakes, favoritism’, etc. It is claimed that Russia Recruited Over 100,000 Troops in 2023, ‘making increased conscription unnecessary for now’. Russia Wants to Recruit 400,000 New Contract Soldiers: Report
Support Russian Draft Dodgers – People Before Profit support this resistance to Russia’s war – just as we also oppose NATO’s massive shipments of weaponry to Ukraine.
As it turns out, Zelensky’s parliamentary ally David Arakhamia admitted just the other day that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson convinced the Ukrainians to abandon spring 2022’s Istanbul peace process with Russia despite the two warring sides having been on the brink of a deal.
This makes the UK state broadcaster’s aforesaid signal bittersweet since their country is morally responsible at least in part for all the deaths over the past 20 months since Kiev pulled out of those peace talks.
“NATO’s Proxy War On Russia Through Ukraine Appears To Be Winding Down” for the many reasons enumerated in the preceding hyperlinked analysis, yet instead of recommencing those same talks like the West is reportedly pressuring him to do, Zelensky is hellbent on perpetuating the conflict.
“Time Magazine Shared Some ‘Politically Inconvenient’ Truths About Ukraine” last month, one of which was an unnamed senior advisor saying that he has a messianic delusion of victory, and this proves it.
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Amidst his spiraling Western supported rivalry with Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny, which the New York Times made sure that everyone was aware of after publishing a surprisingly candid piece about political-military tensions in Ukraine earlier this month, it can’t be ruled out that a mutiny might materialize.
Zelensky seems to sense that something of the sort is brewing too after he condemned military officials who get involved in politics in his latest interview with The Sun, which was clearly directed against Zaluzhny.
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“Some are conscientious objectors, but others just don’t see themselves capable of fighting as intense a war as this one has become. They leave for Hungary, Moldova and Poland and other neighbouring countries — burdened by their own heavy guilt and weighed down even more by vehement social media shaming. “You can’t even imagine the hatred,” one said.“You are a walking dead person,” another quoted a threat he received on Twitter. “I’m going to find you in any corner in the world.”Though neither is a European Union country, much of the 1,300-kilometre Moldova-Ukraine border is unfenced and irregularly guarded. Crossing into the country in the dark of night through vast wheat fields can be easier here than at other borders.“I don’t think I can be a good soldier right now in this war,” a Ukrainian computer programmer named Volodymyr told the Times.“Look at me,” he said, in a pub in Warsaw. “I wear glasses. I am 46. I don’t look like a classic fighter, some Rambo who can fight Russian troops.”He took a sip of his beer and stared into his glass... https://ottawacitizen.com/n
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Draft dodgers have become a huge problem for the NATO backed war, with a wave of viral videos showing Ukrainian men desperately trying to avoid conscription.The interviewee, who is of fighting age, went on to tell the outlet that everyone, “talks about responsibilities,” but he had a “question” of his own to ask:
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Ukraine’s top general provoked the president’s ire at the beginning of the month when he told The Economist that the conflict had entered a “stalemate”. This was the closest that Kiev came to admitting that its over-hyped and ultra-expensive counteroffensive failed exactly as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal informed their audience in late August. It also importantly channeled the sentiment of most Ukrainians, who’ve grown fatigued and frustrated with the conflict.
The Ukrainian draft dodgers who don’t want to go to war against Russia
Zelensky feared that Zaluzhny’s tacit admission of the counteroffensive’s failure and the naturally implied need to freeze the conflict exactly as the West has reportedly been pressuring him to do could lead to the Commander-in-Chief challenging him in the next presidential elections. With a view towards preemptively averting the scenario of him losing out to his top general, who’s increasingly becoming Ukraine’s most popular figure, Zelensky shortly thereafter ruled out holding any elections next year.
This enraged the populace, which even the BBC was forced to acknowledge in their piece about the “fierce row” that unfolded as a result of his authoritarian decision, and anti-government sentiment is expected to rise even further upon the unveiling of his new conscription drive sometime next week. “Zelensky Is Desperate To Preemptively Discredit Potentially Forthcoming Protests Against Him” after it became obvious that they’re about to begin, ergo why he claimed that Russia is plotting a “Maidan 3”.
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Nobody believes that the Kremlin still has the influence over Ukrainian society that’s required to pull off that sort of regime change operation, but Zelensky could care less since the whole reason why he lied about this was to deter protesters and justify the secret police’s crackdown against those who defy him.
His forthcoming conscription drive might be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back, however, and could result in the Maidan scenario and/or perhaps even the mutiny that he’s so afraid of nowadays.
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