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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. US politicians from the Democratic and Republican parties are putting pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to lower the mobilization age.
This was reported by the advisor to the head of the Presidential Office Serhii Leshchenko, Censor.NET reports.
According to Leshchenko, American politicians from both parties are putting pressure on President Zelenskyy on the question of why those aged 18 to 25 are not being mobilized in Ukraine.
Leshchenko stated that their partners argued that during the Vietnam War, the US drafted individuals starting at age 19.
"Therefore, the Americans are hinting that Western weapons alone are not enough, mobilization from the age of 18 is necessary," Leshchenko wrote.