“Young people see mobilization in Ukraine as excessive, while the older generation sees it as insufficient,” sociologist says

Most young people aged 18 to 35 consider mobilization excessive, whereas among people over 50 the prevailing view is that it is insufficient.

This was stated by sociologist Oleksii Antypovych, head of the Rating sociological group, during a briefing at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center.

“And this is a kind of new dividing line between generations,” Antypovych noted.

According to him, at least a third of citizens are reluctant to answer questions about mobilization.

“People do not really want to talk about mobilization, because everyone understands: if there is no influx of servicemen, then who will hold the front? And tomorrow the Russians will be in Dnipro, and the day after tomorrow even farther. This is objectively clear,” he said.

Antypovych added that some people support any measures because they are not directly involved, while others experience an “existential fear of dying” and therefore view mobilization cautiously, even though they understand the need to replenish the army.

He also pointed out that scandals, fights, and other incidents involving territorial recruitment centers, which are widely covered in the media and on social networks, are shaping a negative perception of military enlistment offices.

“Given all the scandals, fights, ‘busification,’ deaths of TCC representatives, or beatings of those who were mobilized — all of this, of course, leads to a negative assessment of the work of the TCC,” Antypovych said.

Earlier, the head of the Office of the President, Kyrylo Budanov, said that there are problems with mobilization, but called them natural.