- Indeed there has been no war in Ukraine , but because of the Crimea is still hot , then the youth of Ukraine in Kiev line up to sign up to be a soldier ready to take up arms in the event of war with Russia .
" I want to engage in war , " said Roman Surzhikov , the engineer who is also 33 years old reserve soldier .
" Are they ( the government ) have announced a general mobilization ? " he asked the woman at the registration receipt .
Crimean Peninsula is now the de facto under the control of pro - Kremlin forces after Russian President Vladimir Putin was right to send troops into the autonomous region in predominantly Ukrainian -speaking Russian . He denied the Russian army operating there .
" Clearly the intervention has taken place in Crimea and also not impossible that there will be a similar intervention in the territory of Ukraine , " said Surzhikov told AFP .
Television footage showed a long line of military recruitment , but the Ukrainian defense ministry declined to say how many youths who signed up to be a soldier because it was secret .
Clearly , because of the flood of the line into the army , the army recruitment office in central Kiev has closed registration until Thursday tomorrow .
Volodymyr Bykovski who also works here and signed up to be a soldier , confirmed that he witnessed the young and old alike spilled sign up to be a soldier .
" Most of them come on their own initiative rather than government 's call , " he said .
" Many are disappointed because they thought the mobilization already underway but we told them to wait , that we will call them the next time " .
Not only individuals , Ukrainian companies also participate by helping completeness of war equipment .
Compared to Russia which has 845 thousand soldiers , armed forces of Ukraine only measuring one-sixth the number of Russian troops with the many rides perangn outdated .
" People are actually scared and I was afraid , but this must be done , this is our duty , " said Bykovski .
Patriotism is also a surge of chest Dmytro Gerzhan ( 42 ) which only left his contact number to the recruitment officer .
" If the situation becomes more complicated evolving , who knows what kind of development will change , what will the Russians later , we should be ready to join , " he said .
While the 23-year -old boy named Arthur encouraged to register for the killing of 100 protesters in the memories of Merdeka Square , Kiev , last month .
" After that , it would be a shame if it does not go ( to sign up to be a soldier ) , " said the student . " If Putin decides to start a war against compatriots , the people were ready to defend his country . "
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