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Ukraine is far from depleting their manpower, since they explicitly tailored their initial draft to older people. In fact, they just lowered their draft age fr
by ethbr1 3y ago
Ukraine is far from depleting their manpower, since they explicitly tailored their initial draft to older people.
In fact, they just lowered their draft age from 27 to 25 [0].
They realize they're fighting a demographic war for independence, and so are attempted to protect their future population from the worst battlefield attrition.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-military-draft-age.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/zelensky-ukr...