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Yup, hopefully the programs to recruit from the pools of refugees throughout Europe actually take off. Train them well, arm them well and send them to Ukraine. Because they need the men.
sorry, what? I never heard of programs recruiting refugees in Europe for the war in Ukraine, do you have a source for that?
Edit: or do you mean Ukrainian refugees?
https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-begins-training-of-ukrainian-brigade-of-enlisted-volunteers-foreign-minister-said/
Polish one is going quite miserably.
Forcing someone who fled the war to fighting in it only works if you do sowjet style "retreaters get executed".
~~Yikes. Forcing people who flee war/crime/poverty and are likely traumatized into battlefield is some inhumane crap.~~
Noone said forcing... Yeez.
The Polish government inventoried why these people chose to flee instead of fight. And a common answer was they did not want to be put on the front with 2 weeks of training and no equipment. Which seems fair.
So they asked follow up question, if we train you properly and equip you properly, would you volunteer to fight.. and a lot of people said yes..
The first battalion was filled in hours after opening signups. Edit: https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-begins-training-of-ukrainian-brigade-of-enlisted-volunteers-foreign-minister-said/
I see. I didn't know that Poland is doing this and that this is Ukrainians only (although on closer examination, it wouldn't make sense to train other people of other nationalities). I was indeed figuring something else.
Sorry.