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How To Help Ukraine If You’re Not Quite Ready To Enlist

James Rozoff
5 min readMar 19, 2025
The History Of Conscription Is A Long And Varied One

So you’ve already bought a first-aid kit for a soldier and a Ukraine pin for yourself, but you still wish you could do something more (aside from enlisting yourself, of course) for the people of Ukraine?

A press gang tears a mother away from her soon to be soldier son.

Well there’s something you can do that will definitely strengthen the Ukrainian armed forces, plus you’ll get some exercise at the same time: join a Ukrainian press gang.

Ukraine is desperately looking for individuals who can aid in forcibly recruiting new soldiers to fight for Ukraine, and you could help by rounding them up with the assistance of a group of your friends, shoving them into a van and shipping them off to the front.

A new recruit who can’t wait to join (or replace) his fellow soldiers

The work does not pay very well but it is serving the interests of Ukraine. Plus, it is way safer than going to the front yourself. The worst that will likely happen is…

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