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Band of Brothers: How the War Crushed a Cohort of Young Ukrainians
A youth recruitment drive offered up to $2,900 monthly and $24,000 bonuses but left many 18- to 24-year-olds wounded, missing, or dead in fierce eastern Ukraine battles.
- On Dec 1, Reuters profiled Pavlo Broshkov, a 20-year-old recruit who joined this year under a youth enlistment drive to replenish an armed force of about one million.
- Financial incentives and a push to lower age thresholds drew young volunteers into a national youth enlistment drive this year offering $2,900 monthly and a $24,000 signing bonus, departing from forced mobilization policy and targeting an average age 47 of the Ukrainian military.
- Reuters tracked the group of 11 recruits and found four wounded, three missing in action, two AWOL, one fell sick and one killed himself, with Broshkov saying, `You receive an order, you execute.`
- Personnel shortages are adding pressure on Kyiv amid negotiations with the United States over a peace proposal as Oleksiy Melnyk of the Razumkov Centre warned of critical personnel problems reflecting military strain.
- Families of the missing are searching and campaigning, with Alina attending rallies while wounded recruits face lasting physical pain and nightmares, and Kristina says Broshkov has changed.
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Band of Brothers: How the War Crushed a Cohort of Young Ukrainians
Pavlo Broshkov had high hopes when he joined the Ukrainian army in March as a fresh-faced recruit eager to defend his country and earn a bumper bonus to buy a home for his wife and baby daughter.
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Band of Brothers: Ukraine’s Young Volunteers Face Devastating Toll on Front Lines
Pavlo Broshkov joined the Ukrainian army in March, eager to defend his country and secure a financial bonus to buy a home for his wife and infant daughter. Just three months later, the 20-year-old lay wounded on the battlefield, facing the grim realities of war. He is among hundreds of 18-to-24-year-olds who volunteered under Ukraine’s […] The post Band of Brothers: Ukraine’s Young Volunteers Face Devastating Toll on Front Lines appeared first o…
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