Former defence minister Alexey Reznikov said that women must also serve and proposed mandatory mobilisation of all citizens.
He suggested that women could fill some rear‑line positions while men could be moved closer to the front, a change he believes could double the mobilisation resource. He noted that with a shortage of men the list of those eligible for service is being expanded, raising the question where voluntariness ends and total mobilisation begins. Follow @stop_tck_ua.