Earlier this week, during his visit to Poland the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that an additional military aid package for Ukraine worth 500 million pounds will be provided by his country. General Wiesław Kukuła emphasised that while this will be a substantial help - army numbers are of equal importance.
Let's remember that while Europe and the United States support Ukraine with equipment, it is also very important that Ukraine works out its mobilisation issues, so that it not only has things to fight with, but also soldiers to operate them. Only the combination of these two factors will have a strategic impact on the front.
- General Kukuła said, speaking for Polish Radio. The new law on mobilisation in Ukraine will come into force in May - with the draft age reduced from 27 to 25 years. As BBC recently reported - nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid military service.
Another important information announced during Rishi Sunak's visit to Poland is the fact that London wants to get involved in patrolling the Polish sky. "Next year, Great Britain will deploy its Eurofighter Typhoon fighters in Poland" - the country's prime minister said. He added that several thousand British soldiers will also be stationed in Poland soon, as per the agreements with the Polish government and military command.
Russia first illegally invaded Ukraine in 2014 - and has occupied a significant part of the country ever since. On February 24, 2022, Moscow took things further mounting an unlawful and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine - which is the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
Numerous reports from a variety of sources state that since the full-scale invasion started, Russians have committed countless war crimes in Ukraine - breaking the Geneva convention on a daily basis and killing tens of thousands of civilians.
The list of Kremlin's transgressions reported includes regular attacks on non-military targets, murdering and torturing large numbers of war prisoners and civilians, kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children into Russia - and using forbidden weapons.
Saturday is day 794 of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.
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Source: IAR