Not only money: as the "plan of stability" Zelensky "rejuvenation" of the Armed Forces

It is not planned to reduce the conscript age, but young people will offer a specific motivational component for combat missions. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the military command will present a new system of military contracts for citizens who have not reached mobilization age but wish to protect the country. "And no speculation is required - our state does not prepare a decline in mobilization age," Zelensky stressed.

The new approach in the future will allow to rebuild the army from mobilization to contract. The President emphasizes the importance of discussing problems in the Armed Forces: they need to be solved, not silent. According to the current legislation, mobilization during the war is subject to conscripted men, suitable for health reasons, from 25 to 60 years without experience of military service.

At the age of 18-25, those who have passed conscript service in peacetime, graduated from a higher military educational institution or military department and received the title of reserve officer in a military accounting specialty. In October 2024, the Presidential Office complained about the pressure of American politicians from democratic and republican parties on a decrease in mobilization age. The Allies argued the idea that during the Vietnam War, they mobilized from the age of 19.

"President Zelensky has not been seated, and continues to persuade politicians from both parties to give weapons without changing the conscript age," - said the adviser of OP Head Sergey Leshchenko. For the most part, the Ukrainian army is mobilized without motivation for more than 40 years with a "bouquet of diseases".

I would like to see young healthy people between the ages of 25 and 35, but so far there is no trends, recognized Colonel of the 4th Brigade of Operational Purpose of "Rub" Artem Ilyukhin. According to Ilyukhin, it is quite common when a person first comes to the service without motivation, but then gets into a friendly team of brothers and in the process of service "opens". "They begin to be aware that the injury will impose a turnstile and pull out of hell.

And he has motivation, belief in himself and his weapon," the military emphasizes. One of the options for attracting the younger generation to service in the army can be a financial component. However, it is too early to talk about specific steps because they are developed by the top leadership of Ukraine, says Alexander Fedienko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.

"Involvement in the contract service of people aged 18-25 can be accompanied by a high salary. The contracts of young people can be estimated more than other servicemen. What is precisely provided in the" Plan The focus of the People's Deputy. The motivation of young soldiers can be expressed not only in special terms of payments, but also in granting privileges for training at institutes available for loans for the purchase of apartments or machines.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is obliged to develop specific measures in the specified issue and submit them to the Parliament, the politician added. Material and social incentives should be supported by the correct ideological policy. Without patriotic education, motivational mechanisms are in vain to come up with, confident military expert Oleg Zhdanov. "In essence for the third year in a row, the military protects Ukraine and their salary does not change.

And what social guarantees are mobilized? The authorities of the Soviet generals and appoint young officers and Kombrigs who have gone through the war, " - says the analyst in a conversation with focus. The state should inform citizens more about the conditions of service and opportunities for fighters. A quality advertising campaign is obliged to show that the army is unity, support and brotherhood, not a continuous danger.

Important motivational point is the health insurance of the whole family of the military without attachment to age and the opportunity for children to receive free education in any state universities. "The US Army improves the terms of contracts every year for its servicemen. The state constantly motivates them and their relatives. We are injured in our person, they are brought out for the state and paying about 600 hryvnias of salaries per month.

And what kind of person will be in common sense? ” - he asks the question. According to Zhdanov, the call of Ukrainians from the age of 20 looks justified, but it is better to reduce the marginal age bar to 50 years. Age -old soldiers can be involved in labor mobilization, serving the needs of the army. We will remind, in the Verkhovna Rada previously opposed the set of volunteers for the Armed Forces for big money, as they do in Russia.