Movement in Ukraine – Kyiv participants raise the question of lowering the age of movement

As Venislavsky said, so far there are no initiatives to lower the age of consent at the level of the Verkhovna Rada. In particular, the corresponding views were not expressed by representatives of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

“Here a question that our partners raise from time to timewhich provides assistance. They believe that The age of 18-25 years is the best and most effective so that citizens, due to their physical and psychological characteristics, can fight actively. However, at the level of our state, at the level of the executive and legislative branches, there are no initiatives,” he said.

Movement in Ukraine

At the end of February 2024, President Vladimir Zelensky to sign the law on the removal of conscripts. The document noted that within 12 months from the date of transfer to the reserve, conscripts cannot be called up again for military service.

In particular, already in April the law on it lowering the age to move from 27 to 25 years old.

RBC-Ukraine also talked about it can those who are expelled and disenrolled be called up for service?.