Zelenskyy rejected US pressure to lower the draft age from 25 to 18. AdvertisementUkraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has rejected US calls to lower its military recruitment age to 18 to help increase the number of soldiers fighting against Russia. "We must not compensate the lack of equipment and training with the youth of soldiers," Zelenskyy said in a post on X on Monday. Related Video Zelenskyy says Ukraine will lose the war without help from the US"The priority should be providing missiles and lowering Russia's military potential, not Ukraine's draft age," continued the post. Zelenskyy previously resisted the idea in November when an anonymous US administration official told reporters that reducing the draft age would help Ukraine keep up with Russia's military.

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Persons: Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Matthew Miller's, Miller, Michael Kofman Organizations: Russia, US State, Financial, Storm Shadow Locations: Ukraine