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nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Zelensky: Ukraine draft age lowered because younger generation fit, tech-savvy

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Zelensky: Ukraine draft age lowered because younger generation fit, tech-savvy

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nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Ukraine's military needs younger men not only because they are physically fitter than older men but also because they can master technology used on the battlefield faster, President Volodymyr Zelensky told French YouTuber Hugo Travers in an interview published on April 21.
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    Meanwhile isn’t the US drafting at 18+ also?

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      Yes, it’s 18 here.

      I was a bit worried when I saw the headline for that reason. I forgot the US is an outlier with being perfectly OK with sending kids to war before they can legally drink alcohol

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        Used to be if you could go to war you could drink on base, but they took that away years ago.

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      They can but haven’t since the Vietnam war.

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        Ah so our active age is what, like 20, 21?

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