Xiao Xinxin, our reporter in Russia
On the 18th local time, the amendments to Ukraine's laws on military service, mobilization and military service registration officially came into force. According to the Ukrainian state news agency, the law stipulates that Ukrainian citizens between the ages of 25 and 60 should be mobilized. During mobilization, men between the ages of 18 and 60 must carry military registration documents with them and show them at the request of military commission representatives, police or border guards. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said on the 18th that Uzbek male citizens between the ages of 18 and 60 living abroad must submit military registration documents and other necessary documents to obtain consular services in Uzbek diplomatic institutions.
On the 17th, Zelensky also signed the bill on mobilizing prisoners to perform military service. Prisoners imprisoned for minor crimes will be able to serve in the Ukrainian armed forces, but those who have committed serious crimes such as murder, rape, sexual violence or crimes against national security will not be mobilized. According to Uzbek news agency, the law will provide conditional early parole for prisoners who are directly involved in safeguarding the independence, territory and sovereign integrity of Ukraine. Zerensky said that the Urumqi army needs more troops to boost morale. "We need to replenish the reserve force. Many brigades have been lost."
According to the report on the "Strana. ua" news network of Ukraine on the 18th, the Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Visotskaya, said that preliminary investigation showed that nearly 5000 prisoners agreed to join the army in exchange for parole. Maliushka, the Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan, also said earlier that it was expected that up to 20000 prisoners could be mobilized to join the army. According to the report, most of the prisoners mobilized may be engaged in the construction of defense fortifications, which has a relatively limited role in improving the fighting capacity of the Ukrainian army.
As for the entry into force of the Ukrainian Mobilization Act, the Associated Press said that the entry into force of the Act reflected the increasing heavy pressure on the Ukrainian army brought by the Russian army, especially the serious disadvantages brought about by the shortage of Ukrainian troops. The Russian army has been pushing forward the offensive in recent months, especially for more than a week, the Russian army has opened a new front in the direction of Kharkov. Ukraine hopes that this move can quickly fill the shortage of troops to prevent the Russian army from approaching Kharkov, Ukraine's second largest city.
Reuters said that when fighting with a larger and better equipped Russian army, the Ukrainian army has long faced the problem of insufficient troops. Against the background that the United States has been delayed in providing arms and other assistance to the front line, the new mobilization law is expected to fill the gap in the strength of the Ukrainian army.
The Russian "Ukraina.ru" news network believes that this law is a supplement to the former Ukraina.ru mobilization law, which can be called the most strict mobilization law in Ukraine at present. The Ukraina.ru authorities hope to use this law to supplement the exhausted troops. Russian "News. ru" news network quoted Russian military expert Dandikin as saying that Urumqi's new mobilization law may provide 200000 to 300000 troops for the Urumqi army. However, the Uzbek army could not complete its training in a short time, and this part of the force could not form effective combat strength and quality in the near future, which could not stop the Russian army from continuing to advance the offensive.
According to the analysis of the Russian "Newspaper", the new mobilization method can not help the Urumqi authorities get rid of the situation of weak mobilization and solve the problem of improving the fighting capacity of the Urumqi army. On the contrary, it will intensify the contradictions in Uzbekistan and intensify the social division. Previously, multiple rounds of mobilization had triggered multiple rounds of "desertion tide", and the new mobilization law would aggravate this trend and bring a greater blow to the morale of the Ukrainian army.
According to the New York Times, NATO is "gradually approaching" to send troops to Ukraine to train its troops. This will further blur the previous red line and may make the United States and Europe "more directly involved in the war". It is reported that the manpower shortage of the Ukrainian army has "reached a critical point". In recent weeks, with the acceleration of the Russian army, the situation in the battlefield of the Ukrainian army has seriously deteriorated. Uzbekistan asked its US and NATO counterparts to help train 150000 recruits near the front line. At present, the United States has not agreed to this request. But Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, said that as time went by, it seemed inevitable that NATO would deploy trainers to Ukraine.
According to RIA Novosti on the 18th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia's military and political confrontation with the West is in full swing, and Europe will not become a Russian partner for at least a generation. The West, led by the United States, has not given up its goal of making Russia suffer strategic failure, and is using the "imagined Russian threat" to intensify the arms race. He said that Russia is willing to engage in dialogue with the West, but the dialogue should be based on equality and respect for each other's interests. The West's increasing supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine is a signal that it is not ready for serious dialogue. Russia will defend its own interests.
At the same time, the war on the front is still fierce. According to the British Guardian on the 18th, Baldriac, an adviser to the President's Office of Ukraine, said that it is expected that in two to three weeks, the dominance of the Russian army in the front will end. He said that the Russian army only allocated 15000 soldiers for the offensive in the direction of Kharkov. The purpose was to take advantage of the delay in US military assistance to Ukraine and extend the front line to Ukraine to force the Ukrainian army to redeploy and transfer.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 19th that the Russian army continued to push forward the defense of the Ukrainian army in depth in the Kharkov area, and settled in Volchangsk, Lipzi, Jih and other places and clicked to withdraw the attacks of the Ukrainian army for many times. The day before, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian army controlled the residential area of Starica in Kharkov region. On the 19th, the military chief executive of Ukharkov state, Senegubov, said that the work of evacuating residents from the border area of the state continued, and more than 10000 people have been evacuated. ▲
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