Zelenskyy considers cases of violent mobilization on the streets to be wrong

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that there should be no more incidents in the country when men are grabbed by force and dragged to military police stations. According to him, these issues should be solved with the help of digitalization.

He told about this in an interview with the ARD channel.

During the conversation, the journalist noted that on the Internet you can find videos where the military uses force on men and takes them from military wives. She asked what personal freedom was worth in a country that had to defend its freedom from outside attack.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that there are indeed cases in Ukraine when men were searched on the streets and this is wrong.

«They (the military, — note) should not do this, that's why I asked to draft a law so that there would be no chance to walk on the streets. Today it is possible to use the digital format. We live in the time of digitalization. There is no question of solving this issue today,» Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained.

Regarding the protection of freedom in the state, he noted that it is very difficult to talk about it during martial law.

«It is very comfortable to be in other countries and say that Ukraine protects our common values, but only Ukrainians give their lives,» added Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The updated law on mobilization in Ukraine

On December 19, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, gave a final press conference, where he announced that the General Staff and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi proposed to mobilize up to 400,000-500,000 more people for military operations.

Subsequently, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi commented on the plans to mobilize 500,000 people into the ranks of the Ukrainian army. He said the command did not request specific numbers.

The head of the «Servant of the People» presidential faction, David Arahamiya, said that on December 25, the government was supposed to submit a draft law on mobilization, which he is working on at the request of the military.

On January 4, the Council's Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence began considering a new law on mobilization. The discussion together with the command of the Armed Forces and representatives of the Ministry of Defense will last several days.

On January 11, draft law No. 10378 on improving mobilization, military registration and military service was sent back for revision.

The training commander of the Ground Forces Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major General Viktor Nikoliuk said that Ukraine has the opportunity to train any number of personnel, which will be determined by the new law on mobilization, which may be adopted soon.

What about the mobilization in Mykolaiv Oblast?

As you know, during the full-scale war, 33,000 residents of the Mykolaiv Oblast were mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces.

The head of the Mykolaiv regional military administration, Vitalii Kim, expressed his belief in the need for mobilization after personal communication with the military, who are currently defending the state.

The head of the RMA added that money should not be the main motivation for protecting the state.

In response to this, Oksana Kaliuzhna, a member of the Mykolaiv Regional Council, reacted negatively to the regional leadership's statement regarding mobilization, comparing the issuing of summonses to evasioners to catching dogs.

Lowering the conscription age in Ukraine

As for the conscription age, Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that such a decision is fully reasoned. At the press conference, he agreed with the proposal to reduce the age limit for men on military registration from 27 to 25 years from 27 to 25 years.

This opinion is also shared by Major General Dmytro Marchenko, who considers it absolutely necessary to lower the conscription age.