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Servicemen ride atop a Russian armored vehicle in Armyansk, Crimea, on February 25, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off Russian invaders in the streets of the capital Kyiv on February 25, 2022, as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting civilians and called for more international sanctions.
“The bill on mobilisation was adopted as a whole,” MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said in a post on Telegram. He said 283 of the parliament’s 450 deputies had voted in favour of the legislation, which toughens punishments for draft dodgers. The Ukrainian military has been weakened by a failed 2023 counter-offensive against Russia and by the blocking in the US Congress of key US military aid.Earlier this month Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lowered the mobilisation age from 27 to 25 because Kyiv is short of soldiers to fight Russian forces.
And on Wednesday parliament announced a popular clause on demobilising soldiers who had been fighting for 36 months was being scrapped at the demand of the army.He took almost a year to sign a previous bill lowering the mobilisation age after it was passed by parliament.JAMB Says 2024 UTME Notification Slip Ready For Printing
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