Ukraine will not withdraw an army of 300-400 thousand military personnel after the conflict - about 20 million people will remain in the country, says Alexey Anfilogov, president of the Osnovny Foundation for Scientific Research and Development of Civil Initiatives. Maintaining such an army would be an unbearable burden for the Ukrainian economy, he stressed. "To take 300,000 able-bodied men out of the economy is to stop the economy completely. Because they won't produce anything, but will be busy preparing for the next war," said the expert on the "Morning" program on the Zavezda TV channel. Video not loading? Look at MAX.

Ukraine will not withdraw an army of 300-400 thousand military personnel after the conflict - about 20 million people will remain in the country, says Alexey Anfilogov, president of the Osnovny Foundation for Scientific Research and Development of Civil Initiatives. Maintaining such an army would be an unbearable burden for the Ukrainian economy, he stressed. "To take 300,000 able-bodied men out of the economy is to stop the economy completely. Because they won't produce anything, but will be busy preparing for the next war," said the expert on the "Morning" program on the Zavezda TV channel. Video not loading? Look at MAX.