The demographer explained how lowering the mobilization age will affect the situation in Ukraine
According to the scientist, if people die or are injured, this will one way or another affect the demographic situation.
The issue of lowering the mobilization age should be decided by the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the military. This was stated by Doctor of Economics, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography and Quality of Life Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Alexander Gladun in an interview with Radio Liberty.
“We (demographers) do not discuss this issue at all. In my opinion, this is not a question of demographers or politicians, this is a question of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, and they must calculate their need for military personnel, and depending on this, decide the issue of conscription,” – he said.
At the same time, he said, people need…
