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Brian Bonner was the chief editor of the Kyiv Post from 2008 to 2021. Bonner is the host of Hromadske Radio's podcast “Ukraine Calling.”

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Opinion: Ukraine may have no choice but to lower its fighting age

by Brian Bonner
Editor’s Note: Brian Bonner, the Kyiv Post’s chief editor from 2008-2021, is the host of Hromadske Radio’s podcast “Ukraine Calling.” This weekly English-language program, released on Fridays, can be found on Hromadske’s YouTube channel and website, as well as on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, and Twitter. In Israel, every citizen can be drafted into the military at the age of 18. In Turkey, the age is 20. When the United States fought its ill-fated war in Vietnam, it sen