
Why Ukraine can't afford to demobilize its soldiers
Editor's note: Names of some service members have been changed or withheld for security reasons. Asked recently in parliament when Ukrainian soldiers fighting since the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion would be coming home, President Volodymyr Zelensky replied: "When we defeat the enemy." With the war now in its fourth year and no clear end in sight, Zelensky's remarks, delivered following a major government reshuffle, brought renewed attention to the deeply sensitive question of whe