The country’s leaders hope that the program will help chase down a demographic they have largely sought to spare from the ...

Facing a manpower crisis, Kyiv launches ‘Contract 18-24’ to recruit young Ukrainians with bonuses and benefits.

The Ukrainian military’s manpower shortage has grown acute as the war drags on. Most eligible men aged 18 to 60 have either already joined, gone into hiding or attempted to flee the country illegally.

ZARICHNE, Ukraine—Kyrylo Horbenko was 16 years old in the summer of 2023 when he and two dozen of his male friends walked into an army recruitment office in east Ukraine and announced they ...

Phones in the box. Stand by your beds. Pile your plate high at breakfast with whatever food is on offer – you’ll need the energy for 18 hours a day of basic training, warns veteran Mike Crofts ...

The emerging gender gap within Gen Z — the demographic cohort born between 1997 and 2012 — is central to understanding the ...