Ukraine ought to take into account decreasing the age of army service for its troopers to 18 years previous, a senior U.S. administration official mentioned on Wednesday, placing stress on Kyiv to bolster its preventing forces within the nation’s conflict with Russia.
Talking to reporters, the official mentioned Ukraine was not mobilizing or coaching sufficient new troopers for the battle.
“The necessity proper now could be manpower,” he mentioned. “The Russians are actually making progress, regular progress, within the east, and they’re starting to push again Ukrainian traces in Kursk … Mobilization and extra manpower might make a big distinction presently as we have a look at the battlefield immediately.”
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