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There's a lot of discussion in the media about lowering the draft age for Ukrainians to go to the frontlines. We must focus on equipping existing brigades and training personnel to use this equipment."
The Ukrainian president rejected the U.S. call to lower the draft age in a post on X, saying
Many women face significant barriers to starting families due to instability, increased caregiving responsibilities, and disrupted access to healthcare caused by the war. As the war continues, these challenges could deepen, leading to a further reduction in birth rates and adding strain to an already declining population. Female-headed households, which are projected to grow due to displacement and men going to war, already face disproportionate and unique economic and social pressures."
If bill 12076 is passed and women are allowed to be registered for conscription, Bauer saidIf they produce additional forces to join the fight, we and our allies will be ready to equip those forces and train those forces to enter battle."
The U.S. has spoken about an exchange with UkraineUkraine's low birth rate, currently below one child per woman, is already influenced by widespread instability and economic challenges,
she saidFrom September to November 2024, the enemy used over 6,000 UAVs and missiles in air strikes on Ukraine,
said Victoria Vdovychenko, a programme director at the Centre for Defence Strategies, a Ukrainian think tank, and a fellow at Cambridge University’s Centre for Geopolitics
Zelenskyy was saying [there are ways of bringing this conflict to an immediate end] if there were immediate NATO membership for the free areas of Ukraine and deal with the occupied territories later,
said Keir Giles, a Eurasia expert at Chatham House, a London-based think tankThere is a constant shortage of equipment, ammunition and this is the reason why the Russians have some progress,
he told Al JazeeraThe four Nordics – Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden – have given and pledged $35bn in total, excluding contributions to EU aid. That exceeds, eg, Germany’s current level of support and pledges to Ukraine,
she told Al JazeeraThe American people made it clear by electing Trump that they desire peace and an end to US funding for the war in Ukraine, reflecting growing concerns about prolonged involvement,
he told Al JazeeraThe topic of negotiations skyrocketed everywhere since the election, especially in the foreign media,
said Vdovychenko[Trump’s administration] are looking for a swift pretence at a ceasefire rather than anything that is actually going to endure,
said GilesUkraine is absolutely dependent on the US, so if aid for one reason or another is reduced then that would have major implications. It is likely Ukraine will have to give further territory up,
said Michael Gjerstad, a land warfare research analyst with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a London-based think tankRussian forces have thus suffered an estimated 125,800 casualties during a period of intensified offensive operations in September, October, and November 2024 in exchange for 2,356 square kilometres of gains,
said the ISWIf you look at the pattern of slow, incremental, steady Russian advances, it seems to begin after Ukrainians were compromised in their ability to defend themselves by the hold in aid eventually feeding through to an artillery famine on the front lines,
said Keir Giles, a Eurasia expert at Chatham House, a London-based think tankPresident Trump seeks peace and an end to ‘never-ending wars’ that benefit entrenched elites,
said Demetries Andrew Grimes, a former US naval officer, aviator and diplomat who supports Trump
Only $11.5bn of the $60bn from the US was for procurement for Ukraine,
said Oleksandr Danylyuk, a Kyiv-based associate fellow with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank
As soon as Kiyv declares that it is ready to make this decision … and also officially notifies that it abandons its plans to join NATO, our side will follow an order to cease fire and start negotiations,
Putin saidIf aid, both logistically and intelligence support, is cut completely, then Ukraine is screwed and puts Putin in a massively improved position in negotiations,
he told Al JazeeraUkrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics and Kherson and [Zaporizhia] regions,
Putin told foreign ministry officials, naming the four regions his armies partly occupied by forceIn certain market segments – for example, Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAVs, tactical ballistic missiles, and long-range artillery rockets, there is currently no European solution available on the market, due to European governments’ underinvestment, prioritisation and industrial policy decisions over the previous decades,
she told Al Jazeera