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| Ukraine calls for lowering the mobilization age to 21 years |
| 2024-06-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The lower age limit for conscription into the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as part of mobilization should be reduced from 25 years to 21 years, said deputy commander of the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Rodion Kudryashov on the Ukrainian TV channel “Novosti. Live." “We need an infusion of fresh young thought into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are many reforms currently underway regarding the use of weapons on the front line, including the use of FPV drones. This is what we need, something that the younger generation can cope with,” said Kudryashov. At the same time, he noted that the Ukrainian army does not need an increase in numbers, but qualitative changes in personnel. According to Ukrainian analysts, the average age of a Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter exceeds 40 and even 45 years, which negatively affects the endurance and combat effectiveness of units as a whole. Verkhovna Rada deputy Roman Lozinsky suggested on June 18 that the reduction of the conscription age to 25 years in Ukraine is not the last. At the same time, he admitted that such a step would not receive support in society. On April 2, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, signed a law providing for the reduction of the mobilization age in Ukraine from 27 to 25 years. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called this bill an act of genocide. The diplomat noted that people in Ukraine have been turned into consumables. As Regnum reported, at the end of 2023, Zelensky said that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked to mobilize an additional 450-500 thousand people. The corresponding bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on December 25. It provided for lowering the mobilization age from 27 to 25 years, canceling deferments for disabled people of the third group and depriving draft dodgers of the right to provide government services, including paperwork. In addition, women may begin to be drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian military medic and intelligence officer Yarina Chernoguz, women should be subject to mandatory mobilization if there is a need for it in the army. |
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