Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised interview that his country's allies are pushing to lower the age limit for conscription, but that he sees no reason for such a measure, Reuters reported.
According to the current Ukrainian laws, only men between the ages of 25 and 60 are subject to mobilization.
In addition, Zelensky announced that he has asked the Ministry of Defense to develop proposals for the possible export of weapons. He pointed out that such exports would only be possible for allied countries that are part of the Contact Group for the provision of defense assistance to Ukraine.
The president also drew attention to the fact that some of Kiev's partners are raising the issue of starting direct negotiations with Russia. He emphasized that this idea is "desired by Russia" and poses a danger to Ukraine.
Zelensky also said he expected White House officials to visit his country soon with feedback on his victory plan, which he presented to a number of Western leaders. In addition, Zelensky said that he agreed with his American counterpart Joe Biden in the coming months that Ukraine would receive aid packages in short periods, probably every two to three weeks.
Meanwhile, Andriy Yermak, who is the head of Zelensky's office, said that Ukraine is not considering the possibility of developing nuclear weapons and that the claims that have appeared in this direction are based on an incorrect interpretation of a statement by the Ukrainian president.
"We don't have similar thoughts about nuclear (weapons), we reject them,”, emphasized Ermak in Brussels, where he took part in a forum organized by a think tank.
Zelensky yesterday told about his meeting with the candidate for president of the Republican Party of the USA, Donald Trump, in September in New York. Zelensky indicated that at that time he had presented to Trump arguments in favor of Ukraine joining NATO. In addition, the Ukrainian president noted that he discussed with the republican leader the negative experience of Ukraine after the signing of the Budapest Memorandum. It is about the 1994 agreement that gives Kiev "security guarantees" by Great Britain, Russia and the United States in exchange for Ukraine giving up the nuclear weapons it inherited after the collapse of the USSR.
"I told him: what is the outcome - either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons and it will be a defense for us, or we should have some kind of alliance," the Ukrainian leader told journalists on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels. But Zelensky also stated: "We do not choose nuclear weapons, we choose NATO."