
‘In the West, they wonder how journalists are persecuted and businesses are pressured in Ukraine’, – says Kyiv Mayor Klitschko
January 22, 2024
The police have announced that they will not collect the weapons obtained by Ukrainians at the beginning of the invasion until the end of the war
January 23, 2024The draft law proposing to lower the conscription age in Ukraine not to 25 years, as initially suggested by a withdrawn bill from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, but to 22 years.
This has been endorsed by the commander of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, with the call sign “Bot.”
“A man at 25 is a conscious, mature individual, and on the front, he is already a grown-up uncle,” explained the military official.
He also expressed support for the possibility of extending military service for individuals who have received or have disabilities, but only with their consent and in non-combat roles.
It is worth noting that earlier, Sergei Leshchenko, an advisor to the head of the president’s office, stated that the average age of soldiers in some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is 54 years.
Additionally, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky recently remarked that the mobilization draft is “important, reasonable, and fair.” According to him, mobilization is a matter of justice because those serving in the army need replacements.