US Politicians Are Pressuring Ukraine To Lower Draft Age To 18

"A Ukrainian official said Tuesday that American politicians are pressuring Ukraine to lower the minimum age of conscription from 25 to 18 to make more young men available for combat.

"If this information has surfaced, I can confirm it: American politicians from both parties are putting pressure on President Zelensky to explain why there is no mobilization of those aged 18 to 25 in Ukraine. The argument of our partners is that when the US fought in Vietnam, people were drafted from the age of 19," Serhiy Leshchenko, an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff." ZH