Top NATO general praises Ukraine’s ‘grand’ war strategy – POLITICO

To win, a country must be able to generate strength — that is, figure out how to best deploy people, training and weapons. Ukraine has those building blocks, he said.

“You have to have weapons, you have to have people, you have to train them all. The equipment depends largely on us, and I think that is going well,” the general said, referring to the $61 billion U.S. military aid package approved in April after months of delays; Ukrainian forces are now receiving increased supplies of weapons and ammunition.

Ukraine is responsible for recruiting workers, and the situation there is improving after parliament passed a mobilization law in April. The new law requires Ukrainian men aged 25 to 60 to register with conscription offices in Ukraine and abroad.

“Ukraine faces challenges in terms of the use of its workforce. There is a pool of people who need to work in factories, in fields and in the military. It is the job of the Ukrainian government to strike a balance. They recently raised the conscription age and quite a lot of people are being recruited at the moment,” Cavoli said.

The government even recruits convicted convicts, although those convicted of sexual offenses, murder of two or more people, or crimes against Ukraine’s national security are not eligible.

More than four million Ukrainians are now registered as potentially ready for service, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on Thursday in an online address in Aspen.