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At the time 60% of Ukraine's forces were composed of professional soldiers. [13] However, due to the Ukrainian Civil War, conscription, as well as a partial mobilization, was reinstated in 2014. [14] Ukraine modified the age group of males eligible for conscription for 2015 from 18–25 to the 20–27 age group. [15]
Canada – 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join the Reserves and enter the Military Colleges at age 16, or join the regular forces at age 17 with parental consent) Central African Republic – 18 (voluntary) Chad – 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory – men), 21 (compulsory – women) Chile – 18 (voluntary)
The Ukrainian Army unveiled its current uniform on Independence Day in 2016. [166] The new uniforms were modeled on British and Polish military styles [166] and incorporate details from the uniforms worn by the Ukrainian People's Army. [166] The cap includes an insignia of a Ukrainian Cossack grasping a cross. [166]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion. The new mobilization law came into force a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it.
Under pressure to bring more soldiers into the military, Ukraine's parliament last year approved a new law on mobilisation reducing the draft age from 27 to 25 and providing for penalties for ...
The average soldier's age on both sides is over 40, military analysts say. Some Ukrainians worry that lowering the minimum conscription age to 25 and taking more young adults out of the workforce could backfire by further harming the war-ravaged economy, which is why the draft age wasn't simply set at 18.
The 25-year-old has no military experience and just became eligible to be conscripted after Ukraine lowered the age men can be drafted from 27 to 25 last month. “I love my country,” he said in ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on Tuesday that will reduce the country’s conscription age from 27 to 25, paving the way for Ukraine to increase the number of men serving in ...