youth recruitment

A young recruit of the 72nd Chorni Zaporozhtsi Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attends an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 5, 2025. Ukraine's Defence Ministry launched a recruitment drive for young people, 18- to 24-year-olds, to serve in the military for a year for the equivalent of about $24,000 and hefty bonuses. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Cash bonus for a year fighting Russia? Inside Ukraine's youth recruitment drive

The young recruits are preparing to head to the front at a time when Russian forces continue assaults along multiple fronts even as the US administration of President Donald Trump seeks a...