US urges Ukraine to raise conscription age from 25 to 18 due to shortage of servicemen in Ukraine's Armed Forces, reportsReuterswith reference to a White House source.
"Ukrainian officials should consider lowering the military conscription age to 18 years. Ukraine is not mobilizing and training enough new soldiers," the agency said in a statement, citing a senior US administration official.
In April, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law by which the age of mobilization in Ukraine was reduced from 27 to 25.
