Ukraine’s President signed a law to recruit reservists for military

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KYIV, 21 April, 2021 (TON): A law to allow the reservists to be called up for the military service without announcing mobilization has been signed by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his office confirmed on Wednesday.

This was approved by the parliament in late March.

The office said, “This will make it possible to quickly equip the military units of all defense forces with reservists, thereby significantly increasing their combat effectiveness during military aggression."

On Tuesday, Zelenskiy challenged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to meet him in the Donbass region for talks to end the conflict there and ease tension between the neighbors.

Kyiv and Moscow have traded blame over increasing clashes in the Donbass, where Ukrainian troops have battled Russian-backed forces in a conflict that Ukraine says has killed 14,000 people since 2014.

However, amid escalating tension with Russia in eastern Ukraine, the measure makes it possible to significantly boost the armed forces.

 

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