Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov Says Kiev Will Force Young Men Who Fled the Country to Join the Army and Fight the War – Statement Is Rapidly Walked Back by Officials
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
Ukraine is a very dysfunctional country, or so it seems to the outside eye, since every time one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top aides writes an article or gives an interview, there’s trouble.
First, it was Commander in Chief Valery Zaluzhny, that wrote an article in The Economist magazine and further exacerbated his tensions with Zelensky.
Now, the new defense Minister Rustem Umerov gave an interview to German media in which he stated that Ukraine wants to conscript able-bodied man who fled the country to Germany – only for the information to be walked back in 24 hours.
This comes as Ukraine wants to incorporate half a million new soldiers into its struggling army.
