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Ukraine chases draft dodgers amid war manpower shortage

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December 8, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST UKRAINE/ROMANIA BORDER, NOVEMBER 29, 2023: Lieutenant Maksym Sidorov, 22, seen during a patrol in the border area, near Veliatyno, Ukraine, on November 29, 2023. (Alice Martins/For The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave VELIATYNO, Ukraine — Soon after Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine beefed … Read more

Ukraine faces mines, manpower challenges early in counteroffensive

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Touch upon this storyComment Ukrainian forces are navigating large minefields and mounting preliminary assaults on Russian positions alongside a sprawling entrance line, U.S. and Ukrainian officers mentioned, as Kyiv takes the primary, halting steps of what’s anticipated to be a protracted and punishing counteroffensive marketing campaign. Ukrainian officers say they’ve so far reclaimed not less … Read more