US urges Ukraine to lower draft age - AP
Kyiv • UNN
The Biden administration is calling on Ukraine to change its mobilization legislation for conscription from the age of 18. According to AP, This is necessary to quickly increase the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by 160 thousand military personnel.
The administration of the current US President Joe Biden calls on Ukraine to review the mobilization legislation in order to recruit people from the age of 18 and quickly increase the size of the Armed Forces. This is reported by The Associated Press with reference to a representative of the Biden administration, writes UNN.
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According to the source, the administration of the Democratic Party, which is resigning in January 2025, is asking for a reduction in the age of mobilization in Ukraine. Now the age limit is 25 years – the Biden administration proposes to reduce it to 18 years.
The US official said that the" pure mathematics " of the situation in Ukraine is that it needs additional troops to fight. According to the White House, Ukraine has enough weapons, but faces an insufficient number of troops, which needs to be sharply increased.
The official added that," in the opinion of Ukrainians, " it is necessary to mobilize about 160 thousand military personnel, presumably quoting the words of NSDC Secretary Alexander Litvinenko.
