from Sputnik News:
The US reaffirmed its commitment that Ukraine will eventually join NATO Thursday. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has voiced frustration that a timeline for Kiev to join the military alliance has not been set.
Sputnik’s John Kiriakou reported the Ukrainian military dropped their draft age from 27 to 25 as the government announced a draft registration for 17 to 24-year-olds. The report comes about a month after French lawmakers voted to support a 10-year security accord with Ukraine.
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Speaking to labor lawyer and human rights activist Dan Kovalik on Sputnik’s Political Misfits this week, Kiriakou asked if this could mark the beginning of the end of Ukraine’s resistance.
“I think we’re past the beginning of the end,” said Kovalik.
“They’ve been recruiting, forcibly recruiting elderly people off the streets to fight, pregnant women to fight. So, this is just another indication that their military is collapsed. It’s not even collapsing. It has collapsed. I don’t think there’s much left for them. And that’s why the French are… preparing to send in troops.”
NATO foreign ministers met to discuss a proposal by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg Wednesday for a 100 billion euro ($108 billion) five-year fund for Ukraine. The move comes as Europe fears the return of a Donald Trump presidency. The former president has said he will not aid Ukraine in their fight against Russia if he is elected, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
