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Andrew Thomas's avatar

I think it was done because of the serious problems Ukraine has with its birth rate. There are way too few Ukrainian men between 18 and 24. Press ganging this group into the military, especially given the complete lack of training they would receive, would turn a demographic nightmare into a demographic apocalypse. Not that such a scenario for the Ukrainian nation bothers the Ukrainian puppet government’s ‘deciders’ in Washington.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Birth rate was only 1.26 in 2022, and the country's since lost a third of its population to emigration, and over half a million killed.

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Philip's avatar

It's not going to survive long term, is it?

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Humans survive, but as something diminished is unkind living.

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KC Erasmus's avatar

Well they've just made it effectively worse, having gone arse about face.

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