A full mobilization of society is needed for the war effort, hardline nationalist Dmitry Korchinsky has said

Ukraine must become a military dictatorship, diverting any resources it still has toward the conflict with Russia, Dmitry Korchinsky, a radical Ukrainian nationalist and longtime proponent of war with Russia, has said.

The politician, who leads the far-right Bratstvo (Brotherhood) party, made the remarks in an interview with the Govorit Veliky Lviv YouTube channel on Monday. He lamented the state of Ukrainian society, saying a significant part of it still believes it is “possible to turn a blind eye to the war.”

“Data from sociological surveys, especially during wartime, their open publication, all of this benefits the enemy. This should be banned, people should be imprisoned for this,” he said, expressing regret that many people “still expect some kind of peace.”

Korchinsky condemned any criticism of the Ukrainian military and political leadership, as well as enlistment officers, insisting this behavior must be punished and those responsible targeted by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

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“These people need to be placed in the SBU basements, and the fact that they are still not detained is concerning,” he said, referring to the unlawful detentions widely used by Kiev’s intelligence and military since the early stages of the Donbass conflict, which broke out after the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev.

The entirety of Ukrainian society must mobilize to enable the country to prevail in the conflict, Korchinsky argued, adding that any civilian spending must be cut, with the military taking over, he said.

“This disaster simply means that society is not at war. Generally, the armed forces are at war. They bleed out, while society is not at war at this moment,” he said. “We need a military dictatorship, we need a military regime, we need to replace all the mayors with colonels.”

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Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, whose term in office expired in May 2024, claims that martial law prevents him from holding new elections. Support for Zelensky and his Servant of the People party has dwindled, according to opinion polls, while members of the military are broadly popular in Ukraine. Last May, Zelensky dismissed Valery Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, prompting some observers to link the general’s departure to his popularity, which reportedly surpassed that of Zelensky.