{"id":19385,"date":"2024-11-28T06:49:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T06:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19385"},"modified":"2024-11-28T06:49:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T06:49:29","slug":"white-house-urges-ukraine-to-lower-draft-age-to-18-amid-troop-shortage-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19385","title":{"rendered":"White House urges Ukraine to lower draft age to 18 amid troop shortage: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Biden-Harris administration is reportedly urging Ukraine to lower its draft age from 25 to 18 in an effort to quickly increase the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/27\/world-news\/russians-make-fast-progress-in-ukraine-as-overstretched-armies-scramble-to-resist\/\"> size of its military force<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1 million Ukrainians are currently serving in military units, but the US believes its ally needs more than 160,000 additional troops to keep up with battlefield needs in its nearly three-year-old war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military, which is dramatically outnumbered by Russian troops, would be able to substantially expand its pool of fighting-age men if it were to lower its mobilization age, a senior Biden-Harris administration official told the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-war-biden-draft-08e3bad195585b7c3d9662819cc5618f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Associated Press<\/a> Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ukraine\u2019s current draft age is 25. The US reportedly wants it lowered to 18. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The official noted that \u201cthe pure math\u201d of the current situation necessitates a larger pool of Ukrainian soldiers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the rate Ukraine is currently sustaining battlefield losses and mobilizing and training new troops, the country isn\u2019t keeping pace with Russia\u2019s army, the official added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Kremlin recently deployed some 10,000 soldiers from North Korea into the conflict, bolstering its troop numbers in Ukraine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US has provided Ukraine with<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/26\/us-news\/biden-makes-last-ditch-ask-of-congress-for-24-billion-to-help-ukraine-report\/\"> tens of billions of dollars in military assistance<\/a> since Russia\u2019s February 2022 invasion, but White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett told the Associated Press that \u201cmanpower is the most vital need\u201d Ukraine has at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we\u2019re also ready to ramp up our training capacity if they take appropriate steps to fill out their ranks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Biden-Harris administration feels \u201cmanpower\u201d is Ukraine\u2019s biggest need at this moment in the war. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ukrainian government passed legislation in April that lowered its draft age from 27 to 25 to expand the pool of available fighters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those laws, which also removed certain draft exemptions, were expected to add some 50,000 troops to Ukraine\u2019s ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Ukrainian government lowered its draft age from 27 to 25 earlier this year. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A senior Ukrainian official told the Associated Press that the country doesn\u2019t have enough equipment to hand out to new troops.<\/p>\n<p>The official indicated that some in Ukraine view the pressure to lower the draft age as an attempt from the West to deflect attention from delays in providing military firepower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians don\u2019t see a lower draft age as a substitute for countering Russia\u2019s advantage in equipment and weaponry, the official added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/764494973\/PaIh8-i9zVjSYKp_?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden-Harris administration is reportedly urging Ukraine to lower its draft age from 25 to 18 in an effort to quickly increase the size of its military force. More than 1 million Ukrainians are currently serving in military units, but the US believes its ally needs more than 160,000 additional troops to keep up with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}