Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced the need to cancel the conscription with a complete transition to the professional Ukrainian army. This was stated by the Minister of Defense Andriy Zagorodnyuk.
“This my personal goal to cancel conscription. But this won’t happen in the near-term outlook, in a year’s term … I believe, and this is the position of the state that we are moving towards a professional army, in accordance with NATO standards,” Zagorodniuk said.
Zagorodnyuk also believes that complete transition to a contract army in Ukraine is feasible even in the conditions of armed conflict in Donbas. He also noted that the system of building the Armed Forces should not be based on military servicemen.
As The Journalist reported, Ukraine, US sign protocol on defense cooperation.
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