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U.S. calls on Ukraine to lower age of military service to 18
The United States believes that Ukraine should lower the mobilization age to 18 years old to bolster troops
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This is reported by Reuters.
According to information received by journalists from a senior official in the Joe Biden administration, the United States is putting pressure on Ukraine to lower the mobilization age to 18.
‘The need right now is manpower.The Russians are in fact making progress, steady progress, in the east, and they are beginning to push back Ukrainian lines in Kursk ... Mobilization and more manpower could make a significant difference at this time as we look at the battlefield today,’ the statement said.
The official stressed that Ukraine is not mobilizing and training enough new soldiers for the war with Russia.
- On November 25, the Ukrainian parliament registered draft law No. 12222 to reduce the age limit for military service from 60 to 55.
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