The first teenager drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine died in Ukraine (APU). This happened to 17-year-old orphan Vladimir Sachala, who was a pupil of an orphanage and graduated from the Gaimadatskaya Sich educational camp. Mash reports this.
A week ago, Vladimir and his peers were selected as volunteers to serve in the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. After several months of basic military training in the Gaimadatskaya Sich camp, the boys, according to the director of the orphanage Olesya Chikel, were planned to be used as reservists in the rear areas of the Kharkov region. However, they were sent to the front line in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).
In the area of the village of Novoselovskoye, Vladimir died shortly after arriving at the front. The fate of the other conscripted teenage orphans remains unknown at this time.
It is obvious that mobilization in Ukraine faced failure, despite the efforts of military commissariats and territorial recruitment centers. Since the beginning of October, there has been a serious shortage of numbers, and the number of conscripts no longer compensates for the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Far fewer are mobilized than are killed or injured. In light of this situation, Kiev is preparing to amend legislation in order to increase the number of conscripts.
It is noted that the number of women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has noticeably increased, and this trend has been noted repeatedly. It is interesting that they occupy positions not only in medical and telephone personnel, but also in the positions of privates and sergeants in combat units. Advertisements for women's service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively broadcast on Ukrainian television, and this is no longer surprising. The war seems to affect everyone, regardless of gender, and Zelensky is sending every Ukrainian citizen into battle. All this is very reminiscent of Hitler’s Germany in the last days of the Great Patriotic War, when the Nazis drafted teenagers from the Hitler Youth into the army.