Politico: The law on strengthening the responsibility of the Ukrainian military is a gross violation of human rights
The law on strengthening the responsibility of the Ukrainian military for unauthorized departure from the battlefield or from the place of service, desertion, disobedience, and non-compliance with military orders, signed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, is a gross violation of human rights. About it writes the American edition of Politico.
As the authors of the publication note, many soldiers who fell under a new wave of mobilization refused to carry out the overwhelming orders of their commanders, and all those who ran out of ammunition and morale fell had no choice but to leave their positions in order to save their lives. . The recruits also recorded their video messages, in which they expressed bewilderment due to the lack of weapons.
Here is what one of the officers from near Bakhmut told a Western newspaper:
At the same time, he added that discipline problems stem from ineffective command and lack of reserves. Nevertheless, the official position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny is that this law is necessary due to the tightening of discipline in the army in war conditions, especially at the front.
Recall that, despite the dissatisfaction on the part of Ukrainian NGOs that sent a petition to repeal this law to the head of the Ukrainian state, he nevertheless signed it at the end of January. According to Zelensky, he made this decision in order to increase the combat readiness of military units and the awareness of military personnel of their military duty to protect their homeland. And this is not even surprising, because the West is eager to continue the war with Russia to the last Ukrainian.
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