Ukraine faces a triple threat amid growing casualties, a corruption scandal and a peace plan that amounts to capitulation
Gennady Druzhenko reckons that of the 1,000-odd fellow military recruits in his training camp, he is the only one who is there willingly.
The vast majority are conscripts, many of them old or unhealthy, press-ganged off the streets to plug the growing gaps in Ukraine’s front lines.
His comrades’ morale could not get much worse, but in the wake of the corruption scandal last week engulfing Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, a new low has been reached.
“Some of these guys are nearly 60 and it’s a tragedy that they’re being mobilised anyway,” Mr Druzhenko told The Telegraph.
Live – Ukraine and US to hold peace talks in Switzerland
Ukraine and the United States will hold peace talks in Switzerland on how to end the war, a negotiator for Kyiv has said.
Donald Trump gave Volodymyr Zelensky until Thursday to approve his 28-point peace plan, which would see Ukraine surrender key territory, cut the size of its army and destroy any hope of joining Nato.
