Priorities, right?!
Homeless in the streets here- Druggies overdosing. Priorities

Total mobilization in the Ukraine:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66443573

https://www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-analysis/mandatory-military-conscription-in-europe-addressing-past-or-present-threats/

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/07/26/which-european-countries-are-rethinking-military-service-amid-ukraine-war

But to get the fastest overview, look at page 4 of the following document https://finabel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FFT-The-EU-Conscription-Model-W.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-plans-move-professional-army-after-war-ends-pm-2023-07-06/

Ukraine plans to move to professional army after war ends, prime minister say

“Ukraine plans to abandon conscription and move to a professional army after the war with Russia to bring Kyiv closer to NATO standards”

“The primary task is to complete the transition of the Security and Defence Forces of Ukraine to NATO standards. In all aspects: from equipment and weapons to planning and analysis,” Shmyhal said on the Telegram messaging app.

“After the end of the war, Ukraine will abandon the draft as it existed before the war. The foundation of our defence will be a professional army.”

Perhaps I should have used the term professional army- but generally speaking- no draft/conscription for NATO

I don’t know about that.

Turkey – Nato nation drafts.
Finland, prior to being Nato nation drafts.
Netherlands, has a draft law, but currently paused.
Britian had National service, but maybe they will again. Nato country.

The one’s which draft do have a professional army, but military training and desperate times ask for more boots on the ground.

I saw that article. Mark left a link here.
And commented on it. It is disgusting, not surprising for Polish leadership, considering all the bad blood between the two nations, but none the less disgusting! He cited American soldiers are having more value than the Ukrainian lives.

My comment regarding the Ukrainians leaving-
1- We’re always told Ukraine is a democracy (freedom etc.,)
2- NATO nations don’t draft- they are supposed to have a professional army. By choice. Yet we have NATO nations supplying arms and money like there is not tomorrow- in direct contradiction to their own policies

This has been known back at feb 2022. Men between 18-60 which are capable to fight are forbidden to leave the country.

A bigger scandal would be the Poland’s president suggest indirectly that Ukrainian lives are cheap
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/10/poland-president-duda-ukraine-interview/

Its just disgusting