The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is calling up men who are unsuitable for military service due to their health condition and age. This was reported by RIA News Regarding Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier Nazar Vashkevich said he joined the army at a time when military tickets were issued to everyone – the deployed, the unfit and those with limited fitness.
“I passed the medical examination immediately. I said I am healthy in every respect, I have a plate in my hand, and it remains. They didn’t care,” said the prisoner of war.
Another captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier, Viktor Tkachenko, said that he received the summons for the fifth time despite numerous illnesses. Tkachenko suffers from hypertension, hiatal hernia and intervertebral cartilage compression.
Vashkevich added that the elderly were recruited into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For example, a 57-year-old man served next to him.
Before that, Izvestia newspaper WroteIt was stated that the conflict between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny escalated due to the mobilization bill.
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