Ukraine** Zelensky said that in order to solve the shortage of soldiers, the military proposed to call up 45-500,000 people again, and planned to reduce the age of conscription from 27 to 25 years old. In addition to the efforts of the domestic enlistment office, Ukraine's EU partners have also begun to help address the shortage. In fact, a few months ago, Ukraine asked EU countries to quickly repatriate men of working age to strengthen their military, but they were resisted by Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and other countries, which did not allow the repatriation of Ukrainians who arrived as refugees.
However, with the defeat of Ukraine and the intensification of the Russian army's offensive, many countries began to change their positions. Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the CDU in Germany and a former member of the German General Staff with the rank of colonel, said in an interview with Die Welt that a large number of able-bodied Ukrainians left Europe and were unwilling to fight for Ukraine, including Allein, who has 220,000 people in Germany and can form more than 10 divisions to support the Ukrainian army. He believes that Germany and the EU should act.
In addition, Poland was one of the early countries to act, receiving the largest number of Ukrainian refugees, many of whom were wealthy, pushing up local price levels. Poland has been assisting Ukraine** in collecting information on men of appropriate age since October, and there has been a repatriation operation in the early stages. Estonia, Ukraine's neighbor, has also made moves, with the country's interior minister, Lauri Lanemets, saying it is ready to sign an agreement with Ukraine to repatriate refugees and has information on more than 7,000 men of working age.
Other European countries have also developed a degree of antipathy towards Ukrainian refugees, and although they have long intended to repatriate, they are still taking a wait-and-see attitude. Many of the refugees who fled to Europe were economically stronger, bringing wealth and pushing up local prices, with living standards even better than those of the locals. However, they expect bailouts from their host countries, which has caused dissatisfaction in many countries, especially Ireland, which has repeatedly lowered the subsidy standards for them.
Ukrainian refugees will only have 90 days of free accommodation upon arrival in Ireland, and the direct grant is expected to reduce the job-seeking allowance from €220 to €38 per week80 euros. This means that if some countries reduce their treatment, other countries are likely to follow suit, which will make it more difficult for refugees to "escape" their plans. Predictably, many Ukrainians may begin to wonder if they could escape outside Europe.