{"id":564950,"date":"2025-11-12T03:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564950\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T03:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:54:13","slug":"ukraine-faces-huge-problems-finding-soldiers-as-men-flee-abroad-says-kyiv-mayor-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564950\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine faces \u2018huge problems\u2019 finding soldiers as men flee abroad, says Kyiv mayor \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under current rules, Ukrainians can be mobilized from the age of 25. Klitschko suggested that should change. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, 18-year-olds served in the army \u2014 but those are kids,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now you can only be mobilized in Ukraine from age 25. You could lower it by a year or two \u2014 to 23 or 22.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks reflect mounting concern about a growing exodus of young men. A government decree issued in August allowing men aged 18 to 22 to leave the country has coincided with a sharp increase in Ukrainians seeking protection in EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>Recent data shows EU countries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/surge-ukrainians-fleeing-eu-after-exit-rules-eased-young-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted<\/a> more than 79,000 new temporary protection decisions to Ukrainians in September \u2014 the highest monthly figure in two years \u2014 with large increases recorded in Germany and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Klitschko said the imbalance between Ukraine\u2019s human resources and Russia\u2019s sheer numbers is becoming more severe. \u201cThey [the Russians] have an order, and they advance,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve defended our country successfully for almost four years, but it\u2019s difficult. The courage to fight is still there \u2014 that matters greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With millions of Ukrainians now abroad, the Kyiv mayor said the country\u2019s future depends on reversing that outflow once peace returns. \u201cWe would be happy if half of the younger people come back,\u201d he said. \u201cBut for that, we need peace, jobs and a good quality of life. After the war, we face huge challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under current rules, Ukrainians can be mobilized from the age of 25. Klitschko suggested that should change. \u201cIn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[1824,6657,770,332,657,179811,335],"class_list":{"0":"post-564950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-germany","9":"tag-migration","10":"tag-poland","11":"tag-russia","12":"tag-ukraine","13":"tag-vitaly-klitschko","14":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115534709619840627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}