Return of Compulsory Military Service in Europe? European Armies Lack Sufficient Personnel

Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, warned of a manpower shortage in European armies and said building a large army will take time.

Ambassador Arjan: Alexos Grinkevich, the top commander of NATO forces in Europe, announced the lack of manpower in European armies and said that it takes time to form a large army.

Greenkevich said: We are definitely facing challenges in the field of human resources.

He added: The main problem here is that a large army cannot be formed overnight and quickly.

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The senior commander of the NATO forces further stated that every organizational unit of the army needs commanders from the middle ranks to the senior commanders, noting that these forces cannot be created simply from nothing because their recruitment and training requires time.

He also pointed out that in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to make changes in the laws of public service in European countries and make it mandatory, and reminded that these changes are already underway in some European countries.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, Aleksos Greenkevich said earlier that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization seeks to act proactively against Russia's combined threats and create problems for the Kremlin.

European countries have warned against what they call Russia's malicious activity, including cyberattacks and sabotage of Polish railways.

Therefore, some hard-line NATO countries have called for a more aggressive approach against Russia's actions.

Grinkovic said: "These are not existential threats against NATO's actions and do not weaken our unity." We can respond and manage them but we seek to be proactive.

He also stated that if Russia tries to create problems for us, maybe there is a way for us to create problems for them, and he noted: I don't want to go into details about this.

However, he stated that NATO will remain a "defensive alliance".