FT learned about the drop in morale among the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters

The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are experiencing frustration and exhaustion, and morale is falling among them due to the lack of a clear plan by the Ukrainian authorities to end the conflict. This was reported on May 25 by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper.

According to the newspaper, morale is falling among both experienced officers and newly mobilized soldiers due to the fact that the leadership does not have a clear plan for ending the conflict and because "lives are sacrificed just like that."

"In recent months, we have had a feeling that we are being erased from memory, as if our lives are being treated as disposable goods," said Alexander Shirshin, battalion commander of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is noted that human resources remain "one of the most acute problems" of the country. Kiev has refused to lower the draft age below 25, despite pressure from the US authorities and other allies, writes FT.

"[Ukraine's] mobilization campaign continues to be riddled with corruption and forced conscription, including the fact that military enlistment officers grab unregistered men on the street and stuff them into vans," the article says.

At the same time, the authors of the material clarify that the campaign to recruit young people between the ages of 18 and 24 to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine "basically failed."

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