The Cabinet of Ministers, on May 5, approved a draft law on amending the Law of Ukraine " This was announced by the representative of the government in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk.

The document proposes to reduce the draft age from 27 to 25 years. Now the bill must be considered by the Verkhovna Rada.

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Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine prepared amendments to the legislation on reducing the age limit for citizens to stay on the military register of conscripts from 27 to 25 years.. According to the department, this optimizes the recruitment mechanism and related processes.. They also justified the fact that the call-up procedure is rather cumbersome now. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense added that a significant number of men fit for service do not have the status of conscripts and cannot be called up for military service during mobilization..