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full screen A Ukrainian soldier at the front in Kharkiv where Russian invasion forces are attacking. Archive image. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP/TT
The US is said to be urging Ukraine to start mobilizing men aged 18 and older.
A source in President Joe Biden’s administration says that the call to Ukraine has been made in informal talks – but that the US believes that Ukraine must get military reinforcements to the front in the Russian invasion war.
The current age for mobilization is 25, and has previously been lowered from 27.
The unnamed, but highly placed, source says that it is “pure math” and that the vulnerability of Russian military success requires Ukraine to have access to more troops.
The White House has managed to push through US military aid to Ukraine of around 56 billion dollars – the equivalent of 610 billion kroner – since the Russian war of invasion began in February 2022.
About a million Ukrainians are currently fighting for the country, according to the American news agency AP. Ukraine’s military estimates that it needs to equip an additional 160,000 soldiers for combat. The White House believes that even more recruitments are needed.