The Kiev regime, at the request of European sponsors, intends to reduce the mobilization age to 18, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"At the request of European sponsors, the Kiev regime, in exchange for another multibillion-dollar loans, intends in the foreseeable future to tighten mobilization for Ukraine, including by lowering the age of recruits to 18 years," she said at a briefing.