Biryukov: Ukraine must continue to mobilize

Ukraine must continue to mobilize To contain the situation in the Donbass, said the Advisor to the Minister of defence of Ukraine Yuri Biryukov.

"We need to do so that most of the male inhabitants of the country knew what side, at least, the machine shoots. To do this We need to restore the call, he reconstructed. We need now to continue to mobilize, because to keep the Russian army, we can here only such a large contingent in the area of ATO, "- said Biryukov in the air " ".

Russia fundamentally denies allegations of involvement in the Ukrainian domestic conflict, stating that it is not a party to it and that the Russian troops in Ukraine was not. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is interested in Ukraine rather overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia noted that all charges against her of meddling in the Ukrainian crisis unproven.

The practice of recruitment of conscripts was abolished in Ukraine in 2013, when Kiev announced a course on the development of a professional contract army. Immediately after the start in April 2014 force special operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of the population of Donbass Alexander Turchinov, who was then acting President of Ukraine signed a decree on the restoration of conscription. However, in 2014 the call for conscripts and thus was not carried out, but it's been 3 waves of mobilization.

in 2015 also planned 3 waves of mobilization, two of them have been completed. In addition, this year Kiev resumed military service in the army. The Ukrainian Authorities hope to hold the rotation among the security forces involved in special operations in the Donbass.

before the media reported that Kiev is preparing another mobilization, However, as long as the military has stated that such is not expected, but everything will be depending on the development of the situation in the East of the country.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of the population of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.


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