Kyiv is trying to replenish the ranks of its army as the war stretches into its third year, including by enticing emigrants to return to Ukraine.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski proposed on Friday (13 September) to “stop paying social security payments for people who are eligible for the Ukrainian draft”.
Some men fled Ukraine to avoid being drafted, despite an official ban on leaving the country that applies to most men of fighting age.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said he would “support” the idea, but that it needed the “appropriate conditions”.
He added there were about a million men of mobilisation age abroad, including 300,000 in Poland.
The statements were made on Friday but the conference was embargoed until Saturday for security reasons.
Link to speech in English https://youtu.be/wK7Bl87IvqE?si=HNtSrfwrUejm0cwK
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