Ukraine lowers the age of military mobilization from 27 to 25. A measure which comes into force this Wednesday after months of debate.
Enlistment in the army has been debated for months in Ukraine. The current enrollment system attracts most of the criticism. It is considered, at best, opaque and inconsistent. At worst, discriminatory and corrupt. The transition to 25 years old must take mobilization to a new level, says RFI's Alexander Nekrassov. The army has offered to mobilize up to 500,000 additional people, he says.