Defense Ministry: 18,752 conscripts to be drafted into Ukrainian army this spring

As part of the spring conscription campaign, 18,752 people are to be drafted into the Ukrainian army, the press service of the Defense Ministry reported.

“On March 27, during the Government sitting, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution ‘On approving the number of Ukrainian citizens to be called for the regular military service, the amount of expenditures for the conscription campaign in April-June 2019’. According to the document, in April-June 2019, 18,752 people will be sent to the Armed Forces and other military units of Ukraine for the military service,” reads the report.

In particular, the 9,000 people will be sent to the Armed Forces, 5,152 to the National Guard, 4,000 to the State Border Guard Service, and 600 people to the State Special Transport Service.

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