(24 Jan 2025)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 22 January 2025
1. Wide of Deputy Head of Ukraine President’s Office Pavlo Palisa entering room
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Pavlo Palisa, Deputy Head of Ukraine President’s Office:
“As of now, I think we need to start a frank dialogue with the society. Because the defense of the state is not only the responsibility of the armed forces, it is the responsibility of all Ukrainian citizens and it is their duty. I would even say, from my point of view as a military man, that it is not just a duty, it is a privilege.”
3. Cutaway of hand
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Pavlo Palisa, Deputy Head of Ukraine President’s Office:
“We actually have a huge mobilization resource. In my opinion, at the moment, it is greater than what we currently need to address certain tasks on the frontline. The mechanism we currently have does not allow us to be as effective as we could be.”
5. Close of flags of armed forces of Ukraine
STORYLINE:
Ukraine is in the final stages of drafting recruitment reforms to attract 18- to 25-year-olds who are currently exempt from mobilization as it looks for ways to bolster its fighting force.
Pavlo Palisa, the battlefield commander recently appointed to the President’s Office, says that Ukraine is exploring new recruitment options because the current drafting system inherited from Soviet times is hindering progress.
One initiative is what he describes as an “honest contract,” a plan that includes financial incentives, clear guarantees for training, and measures to ensure dialogue between soldiers and their commanders.
The effort could help respond to calls aired by both the Biden and Trump administrations that Ukraine could expand its manpower by lowering the conscription age.
Ukraine passed a mobilization law last spring and lowered the age of conscription from 27 to 25 years old, but the measures have not had the impact needed to replenish its ranks or replace battlefield losses.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been adamantly opposed to implementing obligatory mobilization starting from 18 years, which he says would radically affect the future prospects of the war-weary country.
Taken straight from the battlefield to the president’s office, Palisa views his appointment as an attempt to tackle systemic issues within the military.
Part of a new generation of Ukrainian military leadership, he was studying at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College when Russia launched its full-scale military campaign.
He graduated remotely in the summer of 2022 while fighting on the frontline.
He then commanded the 93rd Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar,” during the grueling nine-month battle for Bakhmut.
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