{"id":5160,"date":"2026-04-04T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:24:00","slug":"forced-mobilization-failing-to-stop-ukraines-manpower-collapse-rt-reports-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/forced-mobilization-failing-to-stop-ukraines-manpower-collapse-rt-reports-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced mobilization failing to stop Ukraine\u2019s manpower collapse \u2013 RT reports (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kiev\u2019s brutal forced mobilization causes outrage among Ukrainians and split in society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s military is sliding deeper into a manpower crisis, as a chronic shortage of volunteers forces authorities to rely on increasingly aggressive mobilization.<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s vehement opposition to withdrawing troops from Donbass \u2013 which voted to join Russia in 2022 \u2013 remains a key roadblock in negotiations. Russia, and reportedly the US, is demanding that Kiev pull its forces out and open the way to a peace deal. But Zelensky, encouraged by his European backers, is choosing to continue fighting, apparently hoping that Ukraine can maintain its foothold in the region.<\/p>\n<p>As warnings grow louder \u2013 including from within Ukraine \u2013 about the critical state of the army, teams of conscription officers have been unleashed to hunt down potential recruits. Violent confrontations repeatedly break out as people resist, and deaths have been reported both among the hunters and hunted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/637087-conscription-officer-killed-ukraine-lviv\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Conscription officer killed in western Ukraine (VIDEO)<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, morale among those sent to the front against their will is practically non-existent. Desertion has become a widespread phenomenon, reaching tens of thousands each month.<\/p>\n<p>Many soldiers have spent years on the front lines with little or no rotation.<\/p>\n<p>With losses mounting, attention is turning to new sources of manpower. Officials are increasingly pushing to draft women and public campaigns have been launched with such an aim. However, critics say life on the front lines has brought nothing but abuse and misery for female personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Watch RT\u2019s Igor Zhdanov full report for more.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiev\u2019s brutal forced mobilization causes outrage among Ukrainians and split in society Ukraine\u2019s military is sliding deeper into a manpower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5161,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions\/5161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}