Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is against serving subpoenas as a punishment and believes that it is "complete nonsense. He is convinced that serving the country and defending the country should definitely not be a punishment. He said this in an interview with the BBC.
"The re-staffing takes place in any case. Not on any huge scale, but we have both dead and wounded. We have units today that have to rest, restore combat readiness. Accordingly, fresh forces have to be brought in. Therefore, of course, there is a certain set," Reznikov said.
He recalled the program from the British.
"You have heard, there is a program from the British: 10 thousand of our guys will be trained in modern conditions and so on. And we are looking for, selecting those who are willing and those who are part of the concept of the reserve. So, of course, subpoenas for specific specialties (are handed out) anyway... ", - Reznikov said.
Reznikov noted that the summons does not mean that you are taken into the army.
"It means: please come to the recruitment center. You are not registered? We'll check. Maybe you are just needed now - then you have the right to be drafted during martial law. Or they'll say: "Go away, you're in the reserve". Or, "Friend, why didn't you register?" There is a duty, according to the law, if you left Kyiv for Odesa, you have to come there and get registered," Reznikov said.
The Minister stressed that some didn't do that. Some didn't know, and some didn't do it on purpose so they couldn't be found.
"Sometimes it's done as a punishment for something - like a speeding violation - I'm definitely against that. I think it's completely stupid, because serving the country and protecting the country should definitely not be a punishment," Reznikov said.
