The President of Ukraine lowered the minimum age for compulsory military service from 27 to 25 years.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, signed a decree reducing the minimum age for compulsory military service in the country from 27 to 25 years. Thus, according to this new law, individuals under 25 are required to have completed military service.
The government can, if necessary, send these individuals to the war with Russia after training and completing military service. However, the Ukrainian government says there is currently no need to send individuals under 27 to the war front.
The Ukrainian parliament had passed the law to reduce the minimum age for compulsory service in May last year, but Volodymyr Zelensky, after nearly a year of resistance, finally signed the bill on Wednesday, April 4.
It is not exactly clear how many will be added to Ukraine’s manpower capacity on the front with Russia under the new law, but the Ukrainian parliament is also considering reducing the minimum legal age for general mobilization to the front to 25 years.
