The Biden administration is urging Zelensky to lower the draft age, but many are concerned with how this would affect Ukraine's low birth rates.
The Biden administration is urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to lower the draft age from 25 to 18 to boost the military amid the ongoing conflict with Russia, but such a move could have detrimental effects on Ukraine's struggling demographics.Although more than a million Ukrainians are currently fighting Russia, Ukraine has suffered heavy losses amounting to 43,000 soldiers and the country estimates it needs an additional 160,000 troops.
How Will Lowering Draft Age Change Things?Newsweek spoke to Florence Bauer, the United Nations Population Fund's director of the regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, about Ukraine's demographic struggles and how lowering the draft age could have significant ramifications.'Ukraine's low birth rate, currently below one child per woman, is already influenced by widespread instability and economic challenges,' she said.
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