Politics

2 mln Ukrainians evading military call-up as 200,000 troops go AWOL

Sion Pennar
 15.01.2026, 15:28
Statistics about Ukrainian military's manpower shortage are rarely made public. Photo: Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Statistics about Ukrainian military's manpower shortage are rarely made public. Photo: Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In a rare move, the figures were revealed by Ukraine’s new defense minister.