{"id":4751,"date":"2025-11-12T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:03:48","slug":"klychko-znyzhennia-viku-mobilizatsii-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/klychko-znyzhennia-viku-mobilizatsii-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Klitschko proposes to reduce the age of mobilisation to 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Klitschko calls for lowering the age of mobilisation from 25 to 22 due to lack of military personnel<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"443\">Mayor of the capital <strong data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"283\">Vitali Klitschko<\/strong> said that Ukraine needs to <strong data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"371\">Reduce the minimum age of mobilisation from 25 to 22 years<\/strong>, to solve the problem <strong data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"440\">Shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"627\">According to Klitschko, the military command is facing <strong data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"552\">\u201cenormous difficulties in finding new soldiers\u201d<\/strong>, whereas <strong data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"626\">a large number of men of military age have gone abroad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"768\">\u00abWe need to make unpopular but necessary decisions. Reducing the age of mobilisation is a matter of the country's survival,\u00bb the mayor of Kyiv stressed.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"773\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"789\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"1008\">The age of mobilisation in Ukraine was <strong data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"846\">increased to 25 years<\/strong> in April 2024 following amendments to the legislation. This decision was then explained by the need to optimise the process of conscription and training of persons liable for military service.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1238\">However, now, according to Klitschko, <strong data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1079\">The personnel deficit in the army is growing<\/strong>, especially in frontline units.<br data-start=\"1114\" data-end=\"1117\" \/>He stressed that without updating the mobilisation policy <strong data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1237\">It will be extremely difficult to ensure rotation and effective defence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1243\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1258\">Reaction.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1506\">Klitschko's statement has sparked debate among politicians and society. Some experts support this idea, emphasising <strong data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1424\">the need to adapt the army to a protracted conflict<\/strong>, Others warn that <strong data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1503\">lowering the age can cause social tension<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1623\">The mayor's proposal is expected to be the subject of <strong data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1601\">Discussions in the Verkhovna Rada and the Ministry of Defence<\/strong> in the near future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041a\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043a\u043e \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0432 \u0437\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u0456\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0431\u0456\u043b\u0456\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0437 25 \u0434\u043e 22 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0447\u0443 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u041c\u0435\u0440 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0456 \u0412\u0456\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0439 \u041a\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043a\u043e \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0456\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0431\u0456\u043b\u0456\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0437 25 \u0434\u043e 22 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0456\u0432, \u0430\u0431\u0438 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0447\u0456 \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0443 \u0443 \u0417\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0445. \u0417\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u041a\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0430, \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0437 \u201c\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0437\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0449\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0443 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0443\u043a\u0443 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0456\u0432\u201d, \u0442\u043e\u0434\u0456 \u044f\u043a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":4752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0432\u0456\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0431\u0456\u043b\u0456\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":{"0":"post-4751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-suspilstvo","8":"tag-806775"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}