"Extra 500 thousand people": The Armed Forces Head of the Armed Forces urged to strengthen mobilization - Zelensky

According to the Ukrainian President, he would like to hear from the country's military leadership more arguments in favor of additional attraction of forces to the front, because it is first and foremost a matter of life, justice and finance. The issue of mobilization in Ukraine is acute and society understands it. During the final press conference with journalists on December 19, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told what to expect next year.

According to him, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces and the General Staff appealed to the head of state on the issue of mobilization. They stated the need to protect the country further, as well as possible counter -offensive actions. "On the ray they offered to mobilize an additional 450-500 thousand people. This is a very serious figure. I said I needed more arguments to support this direction, because it is a matter first of all people.

Second is a matter of justice, defense and finance. As for people, I need specifics. What will happen to the millionth army of Ukraine, which will be with those guys who protect our country every day. If we have issues of rotation and vacations, then it should be a comprehensive plan, "says Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The head of state emphasized that the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny and the General Staff should answer the questions that will be interested in society if they mobilize additional forces to the front. After that, work on the plan began, but so far the issue of demobilization, which is the number one, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy, did not appear there. "I want our military leadership to understand all the challenges.

We cannot lose the most daring people, the most powerful, their moral condition. I thank them for sustainability, but if we talk about additional mobilization forces, then we have to find demobilization processes. It is performed substantively, with specifics, with great respect for the soldiers, " - continues Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Also in a comprehensive plan, the head of state states, the issue of business trips and vacations should be raised. All queries must meet modern challenges.

The Ministry of Defense has also joined this issue, and the head of the Ministry of Defense Mikhail Fedorov will help in the topic of digitalization. As for finances, mobilization will cost almost half a million more citizens an additional UAH 500 billion, so the head of state wants to ask where to get the money. We will remind, on December 12, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov stated that in Ukraine "new initiatives" on mobilization and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have already instructed.