from RT
US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has urged the Ukrainian parliament to pass a highly controversial mobilization bill that would lower the minimum conscription age from 27 to 25 to compensate for battlefield losses. At the same time, he advocated a scheme in which the US would provide Ukraine with loans instead of non-repayable aid.
Kiev announced general mobilization in February 2022 shortly after the start of the conflict, with men between 27 and 60 eligible to be called up, although those over the age of 18 could also volunteer. In December, Ukrainian officials proposed a bill expanding the draft bracket, with reported plans to send as many as 500,000 fresh soldiers to the front line.
On Monday, Graham traveled to Kiev to discuss continued US support for Ukraine with President Vladimir Zelensky. Speaking to reporters, he said that he hoped that those eligible to serve in the Ukrainian military would join the fight. “I can’t believe [the conscription threshold] is at 27,” he added, as quoted by the Washington Post. “You’re in a fight for your life, so you should be serving — not at 25 or 27.”
“We need more people in the line,” he said...
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"I remember an incident that happened at Al-Shifa Hospital, which was bombed, This happened in November 2023, The obstetrics department was bombed, causing many deaths, Among those killed were four pregnant women about to give birth. Doctors delivered the dead pregnant women by cesarean section and rescued the newborns,
Less than an hour later, Israeli occupation forces arrived and kidnapped the four newborns, carried them and left. The next day, the four newborns were found dead in an empty lot."
- Khaled Benboutrif French doctor returning from his humanitarian mission at the European hospital in the Gaza Strip (testimony before French senators).
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https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/03/20/722230/Eilat-Port-Red-Sea-Israel