In Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky lowers the age of mobilization from 27 to 25. Enlistment in the army has been debated for months in Ukraine.
Many Ukrainians consider the current enlistment system unfair, inefficient and often corrupt. Voices are also being raised to demand a demobilization of those who have been at the front for a long time. In Russia, the lower house of the Russian Parliament voted in July in favor of raising the maximum age for conscription from27 to 30.