 Ukraine will mobilise Ukrainian men living abroad. Ukraine will recruit Ukrainians living abroad and may sanction those who do not show up. To recruitment offices, Defence Minister Rustam Umarov said in an interview with German media outlet DEVELPT. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a press conference on December 19 that Ukraine plans to mobilise 450,000 to 500,000 new soldiers. He instructed Umarov and Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzny in November to formulate a new procedure for mobilising such a significant number of people. Zelensky also said that the plan will need to address a number of key issues before he can officially support it, including provisions for the rotation and demobilisation of troops that have been fighting for almost two years. Umarov said that Ukrainian men living abroad would first be invited to report to recruiting offices, but added that measures would be taken if they do not show up willingly. We are discussing what will happen if they don't come voluntarily, Umarov said. BBC Ukraine reported in November that as many as 650,000 Ukrainian men of military age had left the country for Europe since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Under martial law, it is prohibited for men aged 18 to 60 to leave Ukraine, barring special circumstances.