Published: December 22nd, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025
Not only does the Ukrainian army lack artillery and drones, but there are also personnel problems: The debate about mobilizing up to 500,000 additional soldiers, as well as considerations to call up Ukrainian men living abroad for frontline deployment, show the pressure the army leadership is under. Discussions about insufficient rotations have been going on in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, and extensive reforms for recruiting personnel are already in progress.