Qyiv is trying to bolster the ranks of its army after more than two and a half years of large-scale offensives by Russia, with its best-armed forces on the offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees have been living in European countries since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
Some of them, with a few exceptions, left Ukraine illegally despite the ban on leaving the country that applies to men of fighting age.
“Here is a practical idea that will help Western Europe financially, help traditional parties politically against right-wing extremists, and help Ukraine”Radoslaw Sikorski said at the annual European Strategy Forum in Yalta.
“Stop giving Social Security benefits to those who deserve to collect!”, he said.
“It is not a human right to pay to defend our country, to avoid conscription. In Poland, we don’t do that,” he added.
The Polish minister released his statements on Friday, but information about the conference, organized by the foundation of billionaire Wiktor Binczok, has been restricted until today for security reasons.
Andriï Sybiga, his Ukrainian counterpart, said he “supports” the idea.
According to Ukrainian estimates, one million Ukrainian men live abroad, including 300,000 in Poland, Cypika said, without specifying how many crossed the border illegally.
The Ukrainian minister called for Europeans to study the possibility of returning refugees – most of them women and children – to Ukraine.
“It is time to raise the issue of the EU making plans for Ukrainians to return to their country,” he declared.
However, with nearly 20% of Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia, Andriï Sybiga highlighted the need for Ukraine to create “appropriate conditions for this purpose: security, medical services, housing reconstruction”. Deadly Russian attacks.
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