Ukraine lowers combat call-up age to boost numbers

Ukraine's President Vladimir Zalinski has signed into law a bill lowering Ukraine's draft age by two years to 25 mobilization has become a divisive issue in Ukraine which is exhausted after two years

war and heavy losses well let's speak live to Alexa Karen who's a member of Ukraine's Parliament 

reaction to this now becoming law first of all uh hello and this law was uh voted in the parliament uh almost 11 months ago finally it is signed uh yes Ukraine needs mobilization it's clear but at the same time Ukraine also needs demobilization because some people who are fighting for the third year already and they are civilians in their previous life they can't fight forever and very important issue is this

determining of term of service or Ukrainian soldiers

those who want to be changed after for example two years of fighting uh should be changed yes so this is a big question that is now discussed in Ukrainian Society how mobilization should look like how

demobilization should look like I'll come back to a wider reaction in a moment

how many extra soldiers will this actually provide back in December President Zinski was talking about the need for half a million more today President Zinski said that we don't have a need for half a million I can't tell you how more will be mobilized in the AG age cons conscripted in the age of 25 26 years I just don't know but we're definitely speaking about thousands 

what is very important we can't fight with Russia by numbers

we will mobilize half a million they will mobilize 1 million who will mobilize 1 million they will mobilize two they are a much bigger country and with a much bigger Manpower so for us the most important is to have weapons effective from our allies to have a smart strategy smart tactics only by these we should win or no other way there is for us but let's bring those two thoughts together because in terms of public support for this where are we because you've had president Lewinsky even in the last few days

talking about again the lack of weapons from the West the lack of air cover the likely Russian push in May and June

families ordinary families will be alarmed to be sending their 25y old to war won't they they will for sure and definitely that's a hard topic and um everybody who wanted to go to fight voluntarily did it in

2022 so now we're speaking about people who don't want to fight

today yes some of them understand that they need to fight to protect their country some of them try to avoid this this is also reality so my personal position is we need to have a very clear and simple system when it is absolutely clear for example 18 months of service you know definitely how more alone will you serve you know that you will have rotations so you will not be all the time on the front line you know you will have vacations and all of this but once again we really I want to address you and those who are listening to us and watching us now Ukraine needs help in weapons in ammunition we don't have lack of people but we have lack of support from our partners who promised us to be with us as long as it takes and now it is not happening

 People also ask Questions and answer

Q. What is the age limit for the military draft in Ukraine?

Answer. Lowering the mobilization age from 27 to 25 years of age will support the Ukrainian military's ability to restore and reconstitute existing units and to create new units,” wrote the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US thinktank, in its latest report on Wednesday.

Q. What are the official numbers of the Ukraine war?

Answer. In September 2022, Russia's Ministry of Defence confirmed that 5,937 Russian soldiers had been killed in combat. It also claimed 61,207 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 49,368 wounded by this point. In February 2024, the Ministry updated its claim of Ukrainian military casualties to 444,000 killed and wounded.

Q. Where are the Russians majority in Ukraine?

Answer. Russians constitute the majority in Crimea (71.7% in Sevastopol and 58.5% in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), the southern peninsula which the Soviet government transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954.

Q.  How many troops has Ukraine lost?

Answer. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

                                 Q. How many people have died in the Russian-Ukraine war?

Answer. In December 2023, a declassified US intelligence assessment shared with Congress said, according to a congressional source, that there were 315,000 dead and injured Russian military personnel as a result of the war – nearly 90 percent of the pre-war 360,000 soldiers.
Q. How many troops has Russia lost?
Answer. As of March 1, 2024, Russian combat losses amount to 414,680 troops, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the press conference on February 25, 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also specified that a total of 180,000 Russians have been killed in Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.