Zelenskky resists US pressure to draft 18-year-olds to solve Ukraine's soldier shortage

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Deputy Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will not lower the conscription age.

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The Ukrainian draft dodgers who don't want to go to war against Russia

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Ukrainian servicemen take part in a rehearsal for the Independence Day military parade, in the center of Kyiv.
Ukrainian troops take part in a rehearsal for the Independence Day of Ukraine military parade in the center of Kyiv.

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Russia to begin drafting soldiers from occupied regions of Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits at a table in front of a Russian flag, smirking slightly with a piece of paper in his hand.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a video conference meeting on the draft of the 2024 federal budget and the planning period of 2025 and 2026 at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 18, 2023.

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Russia is raising its conscription age and calling up 70-year-olds in an effort to avoid another large-scale mobilization that could spark backlash, expert says

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A Russian man kisses his partner while standing next to several other conscripts.
A Russian conscript kisses his partner during a send-off event before they head to assigned military units for mandatory one-year military service, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

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Hundreds of thousands of people fled Russia after it invaded Ukraine — and now the countries that took them in are seeing a boost in their economies

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Russians are seen attempting to leave their country to avoid a military call-up for the Russia-Ukraine war as queues have formed at the Kazbegi border crossing in the Kazbegi municipality of Stepantsminda, Georgia on September 28, 2022.

A new law allows Putin to draft Russians via an online portal — even if they don't have an account. It 'brings the digital Gulag much, much closer,' critics say

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A military cadet stands in front of a billboard promoting contract army service in Saint Petersburg on October 5, 2022. - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russian men to bolster Moscow's army in Ukraine, sparking demonstrations and an exodus of men abroad.
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