Government is throwing gauntlet to able-bodied Ukrainian abroad.
fastolfe00 on
>KEY POINTS
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>* Ukraine has “temporarily” suspended consular services for male citizens aged 18 to 60 abroad.
>* The move came just one week after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new mobilisation law.
>* Some Ukrainians living in Australia are worried their passports may expire before they’re able to renew them.
Informal_Database543 on
It sucks but also think about this: Ukrainians abroad aren’t gonna be able to get consular services if it gets destroyed either, because they might very well become stateless
TheGreatOneSea on
If a meaningful chunk of the public regards fighting for Ukraine as something people shouldn’t be forced to do, then Ukraine needs to remedy that with the same level of urgency as anything else that would render the war lost, because that’s a terrible sign.
dirty_cuban on
War sucks and drafts are terrible. But if no one fights for Ukraine then Ukraine ceases to exist. There’s no easy answer here.
BlueZybez on
Good, send them back to fight
maybeinoregon on
I have a sneaking suspicion there’s probably a class thing going on here too. I don’t think you can be considered poor, if at a moments notice, you can up and leave Ukraine for Australia.
As such, I imagine it’s pretty easy to say you’d like someone else, even if it’s a foreign fighter, to do the fighting for you in your homeland.
IllIllllIIIIlIlIlIlI on
It’s either cut off services now, or services will be cut off once Putin conquers the country and murders everyone who played a part in defending the country.
Ukrainian expats can’t be surprised.
Your nation could be on its last legs. If Putin wins, that’s not just the end of Ukraine. It’s then end of Ukrainian culture. It’s the end of everything it is to be Ukrainian.
lastfreethinker on
Like I keep saying include women in your draft you will double your numbers or you will compensate for men who don’t want to.
RandomUser1083 on
People are volunteering to help Ukraine and they don’t want to help themselves.
The_Tosh on
Passports are government documents. If you run from your country when it needs you the most, you shouldn’t expect consular services.
WindMaster5001 on
As a Canadian we need to be taking in more Ukrainian refugees and less Indian “students”.
South_Library3744 on
Ukraine is tapped out of volunteers. You’ll see that there will be increasingly drastic measures taken to ensure their ranks are filled. As is, they’re woefully understaffed and it is slowly becoming a giant problem that cannot be remediated by EU/US actions.
Material_Abalone_213 on
Honestly those guys should just hold out. Sad to say this but Ukraine does have the Bodie to win this
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Just reposting to fix OP’s broken link.
Government is throwing gauntlet to able-bodied Ukrainian abroad.
>KEY POINTS
>
>* Ukraine has “temporarily” suspended consular services for male citizens aged 18 to 60 abroad.
>* The move came just one week after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new mobilisation law.
>* Some Ukrainians living in Australia are worried their passports may expire before they’re able to renew them.
It sucks but also think about this: Ukrainians abroad aren’t gonna be able to get consular services if it gets destroyed either, because they might very well become stateless
If a meaningful chunk of the public regards fighting for Ukraine as something people shouldn’t be forced to do, then Ukraine needs to remedy that with the same level of urgency as anything else that would render the war lost, because that’s a terrible sign.
War sucks and drafts are terrible. But if no one fights for Ukraine then Ukraine ceases to exist. There’s no easy answer here.
Good, send them back to fight
I have a sneaking suspicion there’s probably a class thing going on here too. I don’t think you can be considered poor, if at a moments notice, you can up and leave Ukraine for Australia.
As such, I imagine it’s pretty easy to say you’d like someone else, even if it’s a foreign fighter, to do the fighting for you in your homeland.
It’s either cut off services now, or services will be cut off once Putin conquers the country and murders everyone who played a part in defending the country.
Ukrainian expats can’t be surprised.
Your nation could be on its last legs. If Putin wins, that’s not just the end of Ukraine. It’s then end of Ukrainian culture. It’s the end of everything it is to be Ukrainian.
Like I keep saying include women in your draft you will double your numbers or you will compensate for men who don’t want to.
People are volunteering to help Ukraine and they don’t want to help themselves.
Passports are government documents. If you run from your country when it needs you the most, you shouldn’t expect consular services.
As a Canadian we need to be taking in more Ukrainian refugees and less Indian “students”.
Ukraine is tapped out of volunteers. You’ll see that there will be increasingly drastic measures taken to ensure their ranks are filled. As is, they’re woefully understaffed and it is slowly becoming a giant problem that cannot be remediated by EU/US actions.
Honestly those guys should just hold out. Sad to say this but Ukraine does have the Bodie to win this