KYIV ¨C You¡¯ll receive a generous salary, a bumper bonus and an interest-free loan to buy a home. The challenge? You¡¯ll have to fight on the frontlines of Europe¡¯s deadliest conflict since World War II.
It¡¯s a tough sell to young people with their whole lives ahead of them.
Two months after Ukraine launched a national drive to recruit young people to fight in its tired and aged armed forces for a year, fewer than 500 have signed contracts, according to Pavlo Palisa, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy¡¯s military adviser.
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