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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is discussing lowering the mobilization age to 50–55 years. This was stated by the secretary of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security, defense, and intelligence, Roman Kostenko, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda.
“The General Staff is discussing the possibility of changing approaches to mobilization taking age into account, in particular limiting the conscription of citizens older than 50 or 55 years, except for those liable for military service who have scarce or critically necessary specialties for the military,” Kostenko said.
However, he said, no final decision has been made yet. Discussions of possible options are ongoing. He also clarified that lowering the mobilization age does not necessarily require amendments to legislation — an appropriate administrative decision would be sufficient.
The defense committee secretary considers this approach to be correct.
“As for lowering the mobilization age below 25 years — this issue is not currently under consideration. Implementing such a decision without amending the legislation is impossible,” Roman Kostenko said.
Currently, the mobilization age in Ukraine is from 25 to 60 years.
On 21 August, former defense minister Oleksii Reznikov said that the military duty in Ukraine should apply to all citizens — not only men but also women.
What changed in exemptions from mobilization as of 3 July: new deadlines, strict quotas, and control.
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