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As Ukraine faces challenges with replenishing its military ranks amid manpower shortage to fight against Russia's invading forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office claimed that U.S. officials were pressuring Kyiv to lower the minimum mobilization age – which now stands at 25. But can Ukraine actually lower the mobilization age? There’s a complication many don’t know about.
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