Ukraine creates professional army
Our Southern neighbour abolishes obligatory military draft. Ukrainian soldiers will serve in the army only under a contract.
Ukraine's President Victor
Yanukovich has announced this. "Analysis of previous military conflicts
shows: it is not the number of troops that brings victory, but the high level
of preparation, equipment and professionalism", - Yanukovich said during
celebration of the Ukrainian army's anniversary. The reform prescribes decrease
of the Ukrainian army from 192 thousand till 70 thousand people during the
next five years, and cancellation of the compulsory military service by 2017,
informs korrespondent.net.
In Belarus and Russia, directive boards of the armed forces keep saying that it
is impossible to cancel the obligatory military draft and transfer to the
contract system yet.
Photo - kievskaya.com.ua
