Military personnel who have been at the front for a long time are exhausted and long for demobilization. At the same time, lowering the mobilization age in Ukraine is currently not expedient. This was stated by Yevhen Oropai, the head of the command post of the battalion of unmanned systems of the 4th operational brigade "Rubizh" on the air of "Radio Liberty" .
"Are all the servicemen who are currently serving tired? Yes, we are tired. Do we have enough personnel to hold the defensive line, carry out certain rotational actions and provide advanced positions with qualified specialists? No, not enough, we always have a shortage of personnel. That is, the front line of a combat clash is always weakened," he said.
According to the military, the army needs young people who have "hot blood", who can learn quickly, who do not have protrusions, problems with the back and knees. He noted that 18-year-old boys and girls will be able to quickly learn how to use drones.
"But the downside is that 18 years is a little early to see the war," Oropai emphasized.
According to him, young people do not yet have families and children, they have not continued their family.
"We will win this war with great blood and great losses. I am inclined to believe that it is too early to mobilize at the age of 18. I really want rotation, to see my family, so that the war ends as soon as possible, but not with that great bloodshed, when 18-year-old boys who did not see life, did not get married and do not have children went to the army", - emphasized the military .
He emphasized that he does not support the idea of lowering the mobilization age even by a year. The military considers it optimal to mobilize from the age of 25, because this is already a mature enough person. At the same time, he supports the idea of voluntarily joining the army of people who are less than 25 years old.
Answering a question about what some people's deputies say about the possibility of lowering the mobilization age from 25 to a year or two, Oropai said that let their children set an example.
"If the deputies say that it is possible to lower the mobilization age by a year or two, then I would like to ask most of the deputies where their sons are now. When a battalion of sons of deputies is formed and I see them on the front line, then I will consider that it is necessary to send 22-23 year old people to the front edge of the front line and perform the assigned combat tasks. And today - 25 years. And let's stop at this number," he said.
The military officer noted that there are 18- and 19-year-old boys and girls in his unit who perfectly perform the assigned combat tasks, but there are not so many of them. According to him, there was no need to forcibly mobilize even at the age of 20-22.
"A person without children, without a family, who did not give birth to the next generation. This will not lead to anything good, because the nation will lose its future in the long run. We must reproduce our gene pool. I would not like young guys to go to other countries now, realizing that they can be busified," the military officer emphasized.
As we reported, Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to the administration of US President Joe Biden, believes that the problem with mobilization in Ukraine and the number of mobilized citizens has developed over time. It became more acute during the past year, so Ukraine will have to make an independent decision about whether or not it is necessary to lower the mobilization age to 18.
Sullivan also emphasized that Ukraine's need to "be able" to fully staff brigades and battalions is growing as the United States supplies huge amounts of ammunition and military equipment.
