Lithuania wants to follow the example of Poland in the matter of Ukrainian men who are conscripted abroad, Minister of National Defense Laurynas Kasciunas announced on Thursday.
Lithuania wants to follow Poland’s example in the case of Ukrainian men who are conscripted abroad, it announced on Thursday Laurynas Kasciunas Minister of National Defense. The politician’s Polish office colleague, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz he referred to his statement the previous day, according to which Warsaw is ready to help Kiev to bring home Ukrainian citizens affected by the mobilization order.
“Of course, we have to take into account the position of the Ministry of the Interior, but I think that this is the right direction,” the Lithuanian minister told reporters. “Ukraine urgently needs mobilization reserves, its citizens who are of military age and have traveled out of the country (…) Hiding abroad is unfair to citizens who are fighting to defend their country,” Kasciunas said, adding that “Lithuania does not have many of these there is a person”.
On Wednesday, the Polish Minister of National Defense, commenting on the media reports that the Ukrainian consulates stopped issuing documents to Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 for technical reasons, reminded that “citizens have obligations towards the state”. “We indicated a long time ago that we are ready to help the Ukrainian side in the return of its citizens who are obliged to serve in the military,” said the Polish minister.
Volodymyr Zelensky On Tuesday, the President of Ukraine signed the new mobilization law adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on April 11. The same day Dmytro Kuleba the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated on the X platform that staying abroad does not exempt you from obligations towards the state. Shortly thereafter, according to media reports, Ukrainian consulates stopped serving Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60.
