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Ukraine faces difficult decisions over acute shortage of frontline troops

Depleted army is increasingly made up of older men, but Zelenskyy is reluctant to lower mobilisation age from 25On a recent icy afternoon in the western Ukrainian city of Kovel, a silver-haired man in military fatigues prepared to board a train. A small boy hugged him at the knees, reluctant to let go. “Come on Dima, say goodbye to grandad,” his mother told him, pulling him away.A few minutes later, the train pulled out of the station with the man on board, headed on a long journey to the east of the country, towards the frontlines in the fight against Russia. Daughter and grandson, both in tears, waved from the platform. Continue reading...

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