Ukraine’s new step to enlist in the war with Russia
| Simultaneously with its decision to continue the war with Russia, the government of Ukraine has proposed to reduce the age of military service from 27 to 25 years to recruit new soldiers in this country's army. |
According to the Fars News Agency International Group, a draft of a new bill has been proposed in Ukraine, whose army seeks to recruit hundreds of thousands of new troops in its battle with Russia and to expel the army forces. This country is from its own land.
According to “Al Jazeera” report, after the Ukrainian army announced that in its 22-month war against Russia, 500 thousand more soldiers for The continuation of the war is necessary, Ukraine has proposed to reduce the age of people who can be recruited into the country’s armed forces from 27 years to 25 years.
The proposal to reduce the age It was in the text of the draft law that was published yesterday on the website of the Parliament of Ukraine. In the text of this draft, there are details about which Ukrainian citizens are subject to registration for military service, and in the section on the legal age for military service, 25 years old is mentioned instead of 27 years old.
“Rostam Umarov”, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, stated that the only change in the key provisions of this draft law for the recruitment of new troops in this area is the lowering of the military service age in this country.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier this month that the country’s army proposed recruiting 450,000 to 500,000 more Ukrainian soldiers for the war against Russia. In the meantime, the issue of changing the age of military service was mentioned as a “very sensitive” issue between the army and the government, which they discussed a lot before presenting the plan to the parliament of this country.
Zelensky has not yet publicly supported the implementation of the plan to lower the military service age, but has called for an increase in the army to continue the war with Russia. According to the estimates of the United States, hundreds of thousands of military forces of the two countries have been killed and wounded in the war between Russia and Ukraine. However, neither Ukraine nor Russia provide statistics on the number of deaths of their military forces during the war.
The proposal of the said bill is supposed to be considered soon in the parliament of Ukraine.
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