Ukraine’s parliament passes law to boost conscript numbers after months of delay

Thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft legislation (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft.

Lawmakers dragged their feet for months over the legislation, which is expected to be unpopular.