Presidential advisor Dmytro Lytvyn denied plans to mobilize 18-year-olds in Ukraine. The statement came after AP reports on possible changes to mobilization legislation initiated by the United States.

Advisor to the President of Ukraine Dmytro Lytvyn said on Thursday, December 5, that Ukraine has no plans to reduce the mobilization age to 18 years. He wrote about this in the social network X, UNN reports .

No one is preparing any mobilization of 18-year-olds

– Lytvyn wrote.

Context

The day before, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Ukraine must approve “difficult decisions” on further mobilization of troops.

According to the U.S. Secretary of State, this is critically important “because even with money, even with ammunition, there must be people at the front to resist Russian aggression.

Prior to that, AP reported that the Biden administration was calling on Ukraine to change its mobilization law to allow conscription from the age of 18. At the time, Lytvyn also commented on this information. He statedthat due to delays in the supply of military aid from Western partners, Ukraine does not have enough weapons to supply the soldiers already mobilized.