Ukraine has enacted a new mobilization law, which includes provisions for the mobilization of convicts. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law, allowing approximately 5,000 convicts to join the armed forces. The law, which came into effect on May 18, has led to significant changes in the mobilization process. The Defense Ministry reported that 150,000 citizens have already registered through the Reserve+ app, with hundreds of thousands of requests still pending. However, there have been reports of empty streets and administrative stations, as many citizens are reluctant to update their data or participate in the mobilization efforts. In some regions, including Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Dnepr, and Poltava, incidents of violence have been reported, including an attack on a recruitment officer in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.
🇺🇦 Poltava after the new mobilization law took affect today. Nobody … https://t.co/ENuWqpY2sP https://t.co/WYre2abbyL
🇺🇦 MOBILIZATION LAW: The market in Dnepr today, there are practically no people. “How will the economy develop if everyone is sitting at home?” Usually it’s packed and all stores are open. https://t.co/oU2QYnblPv
The streets of Ukraine are empty because of the new mobilization law There is absolutely not a single person on the busiest street in Zaporizhia, complains the worker of the cafe where no one came to drink coffee this morning. The situation is similar in other cities (on the… https://t.co/T7K2t1fok1
Law on new rules of mobilization came into force today in Ukraine. Members of military registration and enlistment offices went to the streets to hunt for men. But the streets are empty. Men went into hiding because they don't want to die for Ukraine. It isn't looking good.
🇺🇦 "There was not a single conscript": Kyiv's central administrative stations were empty on the first day it became possible to update data there. This is reported by local journalists. Thus, at the Podolsk Center for Administrative Services "there are no queues either inside… https://t.co/ODE0vsrMij
🇺🇦 More videos of empty Ukraine! -> 18th of May, the new mobilization law came into force. Nobody goes out and is hiding. Insane. https://t.co/khJLLTShWx https://t.co/eA2Hb9NxWF
Fresh mobilisation video from Kharkiv, via Strana. In a separate incident in Dnipropetrovsk Region, a man attacked a recruitment officer with a knife, inflicting injuries. Stories on the day that the new mobilisation law comes into force in Ukraine. https://t.co/5UL4aHTqHv
Well, well, well. Now, we in Ukraine have our military conscription status in a mobile app. Day one was rather rough due to all the frenzy (the MoD says over 150,000 Ukrainian males got themselves registered as of this morning and sent their updated contact data (phone number,… https://t.co/QP9MHsl6Ck
‼️🇺🇦🏴☠️ Not a single person liable for military service: Ukrainians do not go to update data within the framework of the law on mobilization Journalists were unable to communicate with potential mobilizers because there were no people willing to update their data at the Podolsk… https://t.co/b4o0FKp7S3
🫡 Today a new mobilization law came into effect in #Ukraine. 150,000 citizens have already authorized in the Reserve+ app, where they filled out the necessary data, Defense Ministry reported. The agency added that hundreds of thousands of requests are still in the queue. https://t.co/W4fGhDie2i
Ukraine allows some convicts to join armed forces in manpower push https://t.co/6k5bApFhmU
⚡️Zelensky signed the law on the mobilization of convicts. ❗️ About 5,000 convicts wanted to defend Ukraine. P.S. What do you think about it? 🤔
As Ukraine prepares for a potentially much longer conflict with Russia, it must find ways to encourage people to serve in the army instead of forcing them to do so, writes @ngumenyuk. https://t.co/y4N74d5XZo