RT.com – July 15, 2024
Ukrainian conscripts. Click to enlarge
Kiev should send 18-year-olds to fight Russia to increase the likelihood of victory, former US ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder has argued.
Earlier this year, Ukraine lowered the draft threshold from 27 to 25 years as part of a major overhaul of the military service system, aimed at boosting mobilization rates.
“This is a war being fought by 40-year-olds,” Daalder told Euronews on the sidelines of last week’s NATO summit in the US. “No other war in history has been fought by 40-year-olds.”
“You need to get 18-year-olds, and you need to get 20-year-olds, and you need to get 21-year-olds, which is what every army in the rest of the world relies on,” he added.
Both Russia and Ukraine have a system of mandatory conscription of young adult males, but 18-years-olds are not deployed to the frontline by either country. Moscow has said it fully relies on contracted volunteers rather than mobilized reservists in the conflict with its NATO-backed neighbor, with roughly 1,000 people recruited per day, according to senior Russian officials
Daalder served as the US ambassador under President Barack Obama. He currently heads the Chicago Council of Global Affairs, a prominent corporate-funded think tank known for a hawkish foreign policy.
Kiev has reformed its military since suffering significant casualties during last year’s failed attempt to push back Russian forces using Western-donated weapons. Draft avoidance emerged as a major problem, with many Ukrainian men risking their lives trying to cross the western border illegally.
Weeks before Vladimir Zelensky signed into law the lowering of the draft age, US Senator Lindsey Graham urged him to do so during a trip to Kiev. He said: “I would hope that those eligible to serve in the Ukrainian military would join. I can’t believe it’s at 27. You’re in a fight for your life, so you should be serving – not at 25 or 27.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Ukrainian citizens to embrace the new rules, after they took effect in May.
“Your recent mobilization was a difficult decision, but a necessary one,” he said in a speech at a prestigious Ukrainian university. Joining the military will “allow you to harden your defenses, to build more units, to take the fight to Russian aggressors.”
Ukrainian lawmaker Roman Lozinsky said last month that a further reduction of the draft age was possible “if we are still fighting for our existence.” His political party Golos is widely considered to be aligned with US interests in the country.
Lies.not many ukies died,only some drunk or reckless idiot that injured himself during the war theatrical manoeuvres in the forests.for the purpose of creating images/content to support the illusion of warfare.odessa is a quiet and relaxed city,not a sign of war to be seen.not even a single uniform could be seen on the streets.i did some research into possible holiday destinations,i think it will be odessa this year.yt has some interesting walkabout videos from the Ukraine.
This warmonger ivo daaler should send himself and his family to the front lines of war. He must be a nomad from the babylonian radhanite cult.
A bunch of young communists having a photo shoot from other communists with camera’s. These gods chosen will never see front line action . Dont let your kids die for these demonic b$%&#×@s.
“You need to get 18-year-olds, and you need to get 20-year-olds….”
And you need to get chickhawk lame-dick faggots like Dildo Daalder & Lispin’ Lindsey sent to the Russian-front meat-grinder… ASAP!!!!
You can be sure that the children of this psychopath won’t be going to die in a NATO war any time soon.
Yids aren’t happy enough whites have been eliminated yet. Yep, just proves Nicos thesis that this war is a collusion between NATO & Russia to liquidate whites. Welcome to Whiteocide.
The Ukrainians who die in this war should be awarded the Medal of Honour while those wounded in the face of the enemy should be awarded the Purple Heart. Why not? It’s for America’s purposes they’re being press-ganged and sent to fight and die for.
@Clark
you’re on a planet of 7-8 billion ballooning wogs & the dumb whites (who are only 1-5% of worlds population) are still allowing themselves to be manipulated by Jews, Commies & Christians into killing each other…
FUCK you active + ex warmongers !
GO YOURSELF !
@ LIAR
YOU TOO !
if you go on weather map >zoom earth< you can pick all the
fire places on earth (arsoning,roding,Brazil,Canada,USA,Siberia)
and southeast ukraine you can see burning the whole frontline.
but you probably belong to the no moonlanding no nukes no
israel war + flatearth idiots .
600,000 young Ukraine men killed so far and this did not “increase the likelihood of victory” as the article says, so why will having all the remaining children being killed help??
Gislane Maxwell has been talking of Peter Mandelsons and Peter Tatchells connections to PIE
( pedophile information Exchange) peters own words here, blackmailing for israel
i hesitated, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of the Zionist New Labour policies and I have worked closely with Tony Blair Jeffrey Epstein and the team for nearly 20 years to bring us more socialism and a fully gay society
winston churchill brought in the term ” battle hardened ”
in ww 2
he did not want to recognise or pay pensions to wounded men
so these men would be loaded up with pain killers and put in the front line
the first ones killed
at the wars end it was churchill not bomber harris who used 1000 bomber raids
on the ruins of germany
again he did not want to feed or house refugees
it was easier to bomb and burn them in their homes
Churchill mom was an American jewess.
Judging from his name BOMBER HARRIS was a crypto jew…lik the current PM of Ireland…
Ireland seems to be getting a disproportionate amount of attention right now.
Bono and The Edge are BOTH Marrano Catholic jews.
Then there is the charity thief Bob GELDOF…..(“GELD” IS German for money…and probably Yiddish.
Speculation suggests the Corrs might also be Marrano’s….but so far there is no 100 % evidence .
thanks boris beaker you confirmed my suspicions
yet another petition went to number ten to take down the churchill sttaues to the worlds biggest mass murderer and pervert