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View submission: Amid U.S. pressure, Ukraine starts thinking about drafting 18-year-olds
I mean, during World War II my two grandfathers in the US were drafted at age 18 to fight abroad in Asia and Europe respectively.
If the US were actually being invaded like Ukraine is, we’d 100% be drafting 18 year old males (and I’ve had to register for the draft in the US since I turned 18).
Comment by Any-Nature-5122 at 10/12/2024 at 12:10 UTC
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A big difference is Ukraine has a demographic crisis and a very small number of young men. Check out an age pyramid diagram for Ukraine and you’ll see what I mean.
Basically this means Ukraine is running out of men. There aren’t actually that many 18 year olds in Ukraine. And of course it won’t change the outcome of the war.