#Mobilization

The Ukrainian government has so far resisted US officials’ call to lower the mobilization age to 18 to fill its ranks while reforming the volunteering system to attract young, motivated soldiers. Here’s why Ukraine has so far been reluctant to conscript its youngest.

An unexpected trend has emerged in Ukraine’s Foreign Legion—a surge of Colombian fighters. What draws them across the world to fight for Ukraine?

If Russia tried to invade, “we would turn every road, every village, every field into potential killing grounds,” says Pasi Paroinen, reservist and participant in Finland’s Civilian Defense Force. “We would do everything in our power, and use every resource we have, to grind them down.”

Amidst war, Ukrainians reconsider parenthood as fertility clinics across Ukraine offer free treatments to soldiers and their families.

Meet the newest unit in the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade—made up entirely of foreign volunteers whose sole focus is to engineer and pilot drones.