Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to plug a shortfall in troop numbers fighting Russia
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed into law a measure lowering the country's army mobilisation age from 27 to 25, the parliament said on its website.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Conscription has been a sensitive matter in Ukraine for many months amid a growing shortage of infantry on top of a severe ammunition shortfall that has handed Russia the battlefield initiative.
Ukraine has lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Ukraine has reduced its military conscription age as a measure to bolster its forces depleted by over two years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion.
The new laws, which will also do away with some draft exemptions and create an online registry for recruits, might add around 50,000 troops to the military.
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