Russia-Ukraine war – live: Kyiv lowers military draft age as Cameron calls for Nato to bolster defences
Volodymyr Zelensky has lowered the minimum age for Ukraine’s military draft from 27 to 25 in a move that analysts said would provide a significant boost to recruitment.
“Lowering the mobilisation age is one of many measures that Ukraine has been considering in an ongoing effort to create a sustainable wartime force-generation apparatus,” the Washington-based The Institute for the Study of War said.
Ukraine will now need an injected of new weaponry and equipment to kit out its newly mobilised personnel, the ISW added, pointing to the backdrop of delayed Western aid that could render the Zelensky administration’s move ineffective.
It comes as British Foreign Minister David Cameron is expected to call for Nato allies to bolster defence spending and production in support of Ukraine.
“Allies need to step up and spend more on defence in the face of continued Russian aggression and a more dangerous world,” Lord Cameron is expected to say in a speech marking the 75-year anniversary of Nato’s founding.
The British minister will also ask the allies to endorse British-led initiatives to procure Nato standard missiles and munitions for the Ukrainian armed forces.
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