Dmitri Kovalevich is the special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English. He writes monthly situation reports as well as occasional special reports, including the following.
The new draft law on the mobilization of workers is intended to “ensure the functioning of the national economy under martial law”, in the words of those drafting the law. It is noteworthy that in early August, Ukraine began to talk about a likely ban against military conscripts leaving the country for three years following an eventual end to military hostilities and martial law.
How exactly is Russia’s bombs the only factor in the Ukrainian government imposing labour conscription on their people? Surely if they’re so democratic, they could’ve found some other way to go about fixing the labour shortage.
Russia is bombing Ukrainian civilians non stop, but yeah, let’s blame the West for bad living conditions. Unbelievable.
How exactly is Russia’s bombs the only factor in the Ukrainian government imposing labour conscription on their people? Surely if they’re so democratic, they could’ve found some other way to go about fixing the labour shortage.