KYIV: Ukraine should consider lowering the military service age for its soldiers to 18, a senior US administration official said on Wednesday, to bolster its fighting forces in the country’s war with Russia. So pressure was put on Kaif.
Speaking to reporters, the official said Ukraine was not mobilizing or training enough new troops to replace those lost on the battlefield. He said that the need at this time is manpower. “The Russians are actually making progress in the east, making steady progress, and they’re starting to push back the Ukrainian lines in Kursk.”
Analysts and war bloggers said this week that Russian forces are making gains in Ukraine at their fastest pace since the early days of the 2022 invasion, capturing half of London over the past month.
In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill to lower the age of mobilization for combat duty from 27 to 25, increasing the number of civilians to fight under the army’s martial law. , which has been ongoing since the start of Russia’s all-out invasion. In February 2022.
US President Joe Biden’s administration has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine, but that support may wane when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Trump has tapped Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who presented him with a plan to end the war in Ukraine, to serve as a special envoy for the conflict.