KYIV — Domestic criticism of Ukraine's government is mounting over a controversial temporary ban on issuing new passports and delivering nonemergency consular services for Ukrainian men of fighting age abroad.

New mobilization requirements which force all men of fighting age to register or renew their personal information with Ukrainian conscription offices no matter where they live have stirred up unrest, at a time when Ukraine is struggling to resist Russia's all-out war on the battlefield.

Many Ukrainian men who had been living abroad with their families for years before the full-scale invasion started were outraged, as they were not planning to return to fight, but have been actively helping with donations and advocating for more aid to Ukraine.

At the same time, acting servicemen — many of whom have been fighting on the front lines for more than two years without rest — are unhappy that the new mobilization law features no terms of demobilization.

Ukraine has had to increase mobilization to be able to replenish battlefield losses and rotate out exhausted troops fighting the Russian invasion.

I will renew my information with the conscription office when the time comes, until then, give me my passport,” a man named Maksym told the BBC.

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