Ukraine lowers conscription age to plug shortfall in troops fighting Russia

The average age of Ukrainian soldiers, like those on the Russian side, is around 40, military analysts say (AP)

Ukraine has lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.

The new mobilisation law came into force a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it. Ukraine’s parliament passed it last year.