{"id":2943,"date":"2024-09-15T09:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T09:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2024-09-16T01:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T01:38:43","slug":"ukraine-hails-call-for-eu-to-end-refugee-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/ukraine-hails-call-for-eu-to-end-refugee-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine hails call for EU to end refugee payments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restricting benefits would force Ukrainian men to return home and sign up to fight Russian forces, Poland\u2019s foreign minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kiev\u2019s Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has welcomed Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski\u2019s call on European governments to halt the provision of welfare benefits to Ukrainian men of military age who are living in the EU.<\/p>\n

Following a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kiev, Sikorski said the suspension of social payments for the male refugees would also benefit state finances in EU countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop paying those social security payments for people who are eligible for the Ukrainian draft. There should be no financial incentives for avoiding the draft in Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> Sikorski said at a conference of international leaders in Kiev.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga welcomed Sikorski\u2019s call.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time really to raise the question of the European Union developing programs to return Ukrainians home,\u201d<\/em> Sibiga said, adding that appropriate conditions should be created for this. \u201cI support the idea of Minister Sikorski,\u201d<\/em> Sibiga said. Being abroad should in no way give some Ukrainian men of military age an advantage over others, fighting at the battlefield, Sibiga stressed. \u201cThis duty applies to everyone, regardless of where they are,\u201d<\/em> he concluded.<\/p>\n

Over four million Ukrainians who have fled their country since the escalation of its conflict with Russia in 2022 had temporary protection status in EU countries as of July this year. Adult men make up slightly more than a fifth of the total, according to data provided by the bloc\u2019s statistics bureau Eurostat.<\/p>\n

Kiev introduced a new law this year to boost the rate at which it forcibly drafts citizens for military service in order to compensate for battlefield losses as Russia advances in Donbass.<\/p>\n

Under the new law, Ukraine lowered the call-up age for combat duty to 25 from 27. Kiev has also ordered Ukrainian men living abroad to update their conscription details online, calling on them to return and fight.<\/p>\n

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Kursk counteroffensive, Donbass advance, and return of strike drones: The week in the Ukraine conflict (VIDEOS)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky claimed in February that his country had suffered around 31,000 fatalities.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergey Shoigu, accused Kiev of rejecting multiple opportunities to end the hostilities, citing the high death toll among Ukrainian soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a first wave of mobilization, second wave of mobilization\u2026 They have reduced the age limit for mobilization. This was not necessary,\u201d<\/em> Shoigu said. \u201cEvery day they lose 28 square kilometers on average,\u201d<\/em> the official added. \u201cBut the most important thing is that they lose up to 2,000 people every day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ukraine has suffered more than 12,795 troop casualties since the beginning of the Kursk incursion in early August, according to the latest estimates provided by the Russian military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Restricting benefits would force Ukrainian men to return home and sign up to fight Russian forces, Poland\u2019s foreign minister has said Kiev\u2019s Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has welcomed Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski\u2019s call on European governments to halt the provision of welfare benefits to Ukrainian men of military age who are living in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}