in Ukraine, the families of soldiers are worried about the extension of their mobilization

This is the subject that has worried Ukrainians in recent weeks: how will the army manage to mobilize the 500,000 additional people needed to stand up to Russia? On Wednesday February 7, Parliament voted on a controversial bill at first reading. It gives the first directions. The age of mobilization goes from 27 to 25 years old. Those who have been fighting since the start of the war hoped to finally be freed; It’s a cold shower.

Inna is in her thirties. She demonstrated for weeks so that her husband could finally be demobilized. Like all those who have been fighting since the start of the war, he is physically and psychologically exhausted. Inna has seen her hopes dashed: he will not come home. According to this bill, all these men will have to last at least one more year: “How long do they have to stay? Until they die, right? This is destruction brought on by the government itself!”

“Maybe they’ll never see each other again.”

Inna is angry with the authorities. She also resents those who pay bribes to escape the army and looks sadly at her 8-year-old son: “He once said to me, and it shocked me, ‘Mom, why didn’t we do anything to stop Dad from going there?’ What can we possibly say in response to that?” She concludes: “If his father has to fight another year, maybe they’ll never see each other again.” This law must still pass a second reading in Parliament. Changes could be made. But Inna stopped hoping.