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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

Will Weaklings Defend Ukraine?

21 September, 1999 - 00:00

The Zhytomyr city executive committee summed up the results of the summer call-up. Of 3,500 young fellows examined by the draft board medical commissions 943 (27%) were found unfit for medical service. Half of these were diagnosed as afflicted with dystrophy (-22 height-weight ratio), others turned out to have a variety of diseases usually found in older individuals: cardiac, gastric, renal, hepatic, and pulmonary disorders.

In the end, 377 young residents of Zhytomyr (11%) passed muster. All this lends an expressly cynical touch to the resolution of the first convention of the Zlahoda All-Ukrainian Association of Democratic Forces. The document reads that “thanks to the consistent and well- balanced policy of President Leonid Kuchma, the course of social reforms is gaining momentum, capable of defending the independence and sovereignty of our country and secure the people a decent living.”

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