Ukrainian Draft

From MT:
"Ukraine Scraps Military Conscription to Professionalize Army"

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree scrapping military conscription as of 2014. Yanukovych announced the move during an award ceremony for the country's highest honor, the title Hero of Ukraine, on Oct. 14. "Today our military arsenal, our technology is of such a standard that we require highly trained professionals. The technology being used is highly complex, which is why we need a professional army. These professional soldiers will have to safeguard the security of our country," the president said, Itar- Tass reported. The transition towards a professional army will reduce Ukraine's armed forces from the current 180,000 to 120,000. Out of this number, 70,000 will serve in combat units, Itar-Tass said. Ukraine's Interior Troops will continue to be staffed by conscripts.

^ The Ukraine announced that it is getting rid of most of it's military conscription next year. The military will become a professional one while the Interior Troops will continue to have conscripts. I don't believe the majority of countries in the world need military conscription anymore. The only countries I think still need it (because of a real threat) is: Israel and South Korea. All the other countries seem to only keep conscription because it is part of their past and not because of any modern-day threats. ^

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/ukraine-scraps-military-conscription-to-professionalize-army/487899.html