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The statement was made against the background of the ongoing armed conflict and discussions of mobilization policy in Ukraine.
There is a catastrophic shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, spoke about this, RIA Novosti reports.
“There is a catastrophic shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Everyone understands that if there is no manpower, no drones will help, no matter how many of them are available, no matter how many of them are planned to be made,” she noted.
According to the diplomat, this became the reason for intensifying conversations about the possible mobilization of women.

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