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"Call More Youth": The Armed Forces reacted to Wallace's statements about mobilization in Ukraine

According to Ivan Tymochka, the Chairman of the Reservists of the Land Forces Council, all age categories are fighting in the Ukrainian army, since there are those who voluntarily went to the front at 19 and 20 years. The Chairman of the Board of Reserve of the Land Forces Ivan Timochko expressed his reaction to the call of former Defense Minister Ben Wallace to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to strengthen the mobilization in Ukraine.

He stressed that Ukraine is expecting support from its partners in the defense sphere, but the issue of mobilization is able to solve on its own. Ivan Tymochko said this on the air of the only news. "Whom we will solve ourselves, and you help us more weapons, technical means. And who for this weapon and the means of planting, what age categories, we will decide ourselves with our social sections, our capabilities of potential. The commander -in -chief, the General Staff, "he said.

Timochko also stressed that they are currently considering a bill aimed at reducing the age of conscription from 25 years. "But the president has not signed him. I am sure that he has some motives for it. Because before that conscript age is 27 years old. As for age categories, we must take into account the moment that the gene pool in any case must be stored .

On the other hand, if you look at it, you can lose the whole state and then there will be no question of preserving the gene pool, the nation as such . . . ", - said the chairman of the reservist council. In addition, he added that representatives of all age categories are served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces today, since among them are those who voluntarily joined the army at the age of 19 or 20 years.

It should be reminded that the former Defense Minister of UK Ben Volles called on the Ukrainian authorities to actively mobilize young people in order to prevent a decrease in the pace of counter -offensive. According to him, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky should "look at the scale of Ukrainian mobilization". Earlier it was reported that the mobilization of men who do not have the experience of general military training continues in Ukraine.