https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/28/ukraine-war-briefing-us-pressure-on-zelenskyy-to-lower-conscription-age-to-18

A senior official in Joe Biden’s administration has told the Associated Press that the US is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and lowering the conscription age to as young as 18. The official, speaking to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday the outgoing Democratic administration wants Ukraine to lower the mobilisation age from 25 to help expand the pool of fighting age men available.

But I thought they weren't taking casualties and everything was a great triumph and only a desperate regime that was running out of manpower after throwing it's population into a completely avoidable meatgrinder would have to do something like this......oh.