"Honest Contract": Ukraine will reform the mobilization process to attract 18-25 years to the Armed Forces-the media

Colonel Pavel Pavel Presidential Deputy Head of the Presidential Office told reporters that Ukraine is studying new options for conscription, since the existing conscription system, inherited from Soviet times, hinders progress. One of the initiatives is the plan that Palis called a "honest contract.

" According to him, this plan contains: the plan is aimed at attracting a largely 18-25-year-old, who are currently released from mobilization, as well as for Ukrainians who are entitled to deferral or were released after the passage of the law on mobilization. According to Palis, this work is in the final stage and can help to react to the calls of Biden and Trump's administrations that Ukraine could increase its army by reducing the conscript age.

"At the moment, I think that we need to start an open dialogue with society. Because the protection of the state is not only the duty of the armed forces. It is the duty of every citizen of Ukraine, and it is his duty," Palis said. He stressed that Ukraine has a "huge" mobilization resource, so the question is currently studying why mobilization measures have not been successful. "In fact, we have a huge mobilization resource.

In my opinion, at the moment it exceeds what we need to solve certain tasks at the front. The mechanism we have now does not allow us to be as effective as we could be" , - Palis stressed. Journalists also noted that despite the fact that Ukraine has passed the law on mobilization last spring and reduced the conscript age from 27 to 25 years, these measures did not have a proper influence on the replenishment of ranks and filling the losses on the battlefield in the war with Russia.