Dozens of women in Kyiv, Odessa and Poltava came out to protest rallies and demanded demobilization in Ukraine and the return home of men drafted into the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in February 2022. The Ukrainian Telegraph writes about this.
The protests took place under the general slogan “the time has come for others.” The women held homemade posters with short stories about their family members' service in the war.
“My husband has been at war for 586 days! My children have been growing up without a father for 610 days,” said the participants of the rally in Kyiv.
- Ukraine has lost over 2,055 soldiers in the Donetsk direction in the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"In the Donetsk direction, Russian... troops repelled nine enemy attacks over the past week... in the areas of the settlements of Maryinka, Kurdyumovka, Bogdanovka and Kleshcheyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of the fighting, the total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in this direction amounted to more than 2,055 soldiers, three tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, as well as 16 field artillery guns," the ministry said.
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Ukrainian draftees’ relatives have hit the streets in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities demanding that those who were mobilized into the Ukrainian armed forces at the very beginning of the conflict be demobilized or at least replaced, the Ukrainian news website Telegraf reported.
ReplyDeleteThe protesters, who have gathered in Kiev’s Independence Square, are holding banners saying "Demobilization for our defenders!", "My husband has already been at war for 586 days. It’s time for others" and some others with similar content. The relatives point out that their loved ones in the army "are exhausted both physically and morally." According to the news website, similar protests are taking place in Odessa and Poltava.
Ukraine’s Law ‘On Military Duty and Military Service’ does not determine the period of military duty for the draftees mobilized during martial law, so the protesters urge the authorities to solve this problem the soonest possible.