Over 8,000 former convicts join Ukrainian Armed Forces under new legislation

Ukraine seems to have overcome a certain shortage of troops to combat the Russian army, in particular due to an increase in the number of conscripts.

Over 8,000 former convicts join Ukrainian Armed Forces under new legislation

The initial groups of volunteers drawn from correctional facilities joined combat units in August 2024. As of early April, more than 8,000 former convicts, both men and women, have bolstered the ranks of Ukraine's Armed Forces, with approximately 900 applications under evaluation, reported Evgeny Gorobets, head of the Department of Corrections. Following the May 2024 enactment of legislation that introduced conditional early release for prisoner…

Ukraine managed to substantially strengthen its armed forces and solve the problem of the lack of control of the front. The Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Joint Forces in Europe, Christopher Kavoli, spoke about this, Reuters reports. “The Ukrainians have built very strong defensive positions, well reinforced. They were also able to solve some of their problems with vitality, especially those of the last autumn,” Kavoli said. [see_also ids="635286"…

Kiev has managed to solve the problem of the shortage of soldiers. In particular, the reduction in the military age contributed to this.

Lowering the mobilization age helped Ukraine to provide the front with sufficient numbers of people