Ukraine sacks army recruitment chiefs in anti-graft shakeup
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy broadened his battle against graft on Friday, firing all the heads of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.
  • harc@szmer.infoEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    Misses important bit;

    “This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery during war is treason,” he said, adding that those fired would be replaced by recent veterans and soldiers wounded at the front.

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      251·
      1 year ago

      those fired would be replaced by recent veterans and soldiers wounded at the front

      Somehow I’m not sure that they would be the most effective recruiters.

      • mindlight@lemm.ee
        35·
        1 year ago

        They’re not trying to sell a bright future like military recruiters in the US. People are forced to do their military service by law and the recruiters are responsible to match the drafted people with the role that fits best.

      • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
        9·
        1 year ago

        I beg to differ. The applicants talking to recent vets or wounded soldiers know that these people could be their future. It is important to know all the possible outcomes, including possible PSTD, death, or dismemberment. Having recruiters that are too disconnected from the human war cost is a disservice, in my opinion.

        I think I missed my point in there. They would be more effective when those new soldiers are on the frontline fighting, instead of selling a false image of how easy joining would be. That false sell would result in wasted resources training soldiers that wouldn’t be as effective. Sometimes it’s better to have less people in your unit, when the extra bodies (that were lied to) would cause more wasted time and energy. Time and energy that should be focused on war.

      • gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
        11·
        1 year ago

        I doesn’t matter if the guy serving draft notices was wounded.

        I guess some of the lucky conscripts will try to run away and then it might matter.