Some volunteers who signed up at the beginning of the war with Russia are mentally and physically exhausted, and there is a lack of younger fighters to replace them
I guess that means there’s a huge pool of younger Ukrainians still to pull from for the military? I’m guessing that’s a good thing for their long term recruiting prospects.
It’s the opposite. The pool of young people to pull from is smaller everyday.
In this regard, Russia has the advantage where they can just keep throwing more and more bodies into the war without major unrest. Luckily Wagner is gone, as they had the human wave then special forces combo down to a science, but the problem of Russia having exponentially more manpower at their disposal remains unless they begin drafting all Women between ages 18 - 60. Which will likely never happen.
I guess that means there’s a huge pool of younger Ukrainians still to pull from for the military? I’m guessing that’s a good thing for their long term recruiting prospects.
Correct. Ukraine’s current conscription age is 27. They’re discussing reducing it to 25 though.
Woah that’s way older than I would’ve expected
That’s for being mobilized. I think their mandatory service age is the same as in most ex-Soviet countries.
I mean yeah sure, mobilized, that’s like 18 in the US lol was expecting that more so haha
It’s the opposite. The pool of young people to pull from is smaller everyday.
In this regard, Russia has the advantage where they can just keep throwing more and more bodies into the war without major unrest. Luckily Wagner is gone, as they had the human wave then special forces combo down to a science, but the problem of Russia having exponentially more manpower at their disposal remains unless they begin drafting all Women between ages 18 - 60. Which will likely never happen.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/19/europe/ukraine-difficulties-in-military-recruitment-intl/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/europe/ukraine-war-army-women.html