What is the most urgent issue in the Russia/Ukraine war: the state of the armed forces, the state of education or the state of healthcare?
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I think it depends on how long the war will last for.
If it were to last 10-15 years (or similar) I would focus on healthcare so anyone injured in the war will get helped quicker and continue the war; this would also help the armed forces. This is because OHCHR verified a total of 41783 civilian casualties on January 31,2025. Out of them 29178 people are injured. Also, there are 1180 Russian casualties per day. The fatality rate of Ukraine: over 12340 deaths have been recorded in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 and over 27836 have been injured.//
If it were to last 20+ years I would focus on education so younger people can learn and grow up to be a healthcare worker or armed forces which would greatly help the war. Also, 13 percent of Ukraine's education is damaged or destroyed by war. 294 schools are completely destroyed, most Ukrainian children must do online schools underground; Classes last from 35 to 45 minutes. Usually there are 6 or 7 classes a day. The intervals between them are from 5 to 25 minutes, and there is no added lunch break. 13.3% more Russians are educated compared to Ukraine.
Know we know healthcare and education is being brutally destroyed so overall the least focused on should be state of armed forces and which is most looked at depends on the expected time of war.
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In my opinion, all the issues are very urgent and in all of them the situation must change now. Although all this problems must be solve, personally I believe that the most urgent issue in the Russian-Ukraine war is the one of the state of the armed forces. Of course, it´s true that education and healthcare are also very important as many students have been forced to continue their education in very difficult conditions and hospitals are under a lot of pressure as there are lots of soldiers injured and local people are getting sick. Also plenty of doctors and nurses are working during the day and the night in horrible conditions because they have to do a lot of job in order to take care of all the injured people. This both situations will have a negative effect on the future of the country. Despite the importance of these issues, I believe that the state of the armed forces is very urgent as the armed forces are responsible for protecting the population and the territory of the country. Another reason why I consider it is the most urgent issue is because if the military don´t have enough resources they will lose their control over important areas and the conditions will be even worse for ukranian inhabitants. Besides, if the armed forces have an army which is well organized and that has plenty of resources it will be easy for them to protect their territory and population.