Ukrainian citizens have held protests demanding the demobilization of military personnel who have been in the conflict zone since February 2022. According to the local Telegraph newspaper, rallies were held in Kiev and administrative centers in various regions of the country.
The material shows that soldiers’ relatives and friends took to the streets with posters. These were marked with slogans and calls for the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to return home as soon as possible.
Additionally, some rally participants noted on posters the number of days their family members spent at the front. According to citizens, their relatives have not been rotated since the escalation of the conflict and therefore they are financially and morally exhausted.
“The army is also getting tired: In Kiev, fighters’ relatives are demanding demobilization,” the article says.
Similar protests took place in Odessa and Poltava, the authors of the publication added. Rallies were also held in Ivano-Frankivsk and 17 other settlements, according to the Ukrainian publication Galka.
Formerly at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation appreciated Moral and psychological state of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the war zone.