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Podcast: Ukrainecast
Episode: Conscription crackdown: Ukraine gets tougher
Description: With little progress being made on either side of the front line, Ukraine is also facing a challenge when it comes to the recruitment of new soldiers.
A bill to increase the number of people who would be eligible to be conscripted recently stalled in the Ukrainian parliament.
Victoria and Vitaly speak to Lily, who hasn’t seen her husband for nearly two years, after he volunteered to fight at the start of the war. She’s calling on the government to put a much shorter time limit on how long soldiers can serve.
And Veronika Melkozerova, from Politico Ukra...