White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-old men

Washington | President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilisation laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.

A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private consultations, said on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) that the outgoing Democratic administration wanted Ukraine to lower the mobilisation age to 18 from the current age of 25 to help expand the pool of fighting-age men available to help a badly out-manned Ukraine in its nearly three-year-old war with Russia.

AP