Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s administration is calling on Ukraine to keep its war with Russia going by lowering the age of conscription to allow teenagers to be sent off to the meat grinder.
Currently, the age of conscription in Ukraine is 25.
However, senior Biden admin officials are pressuring the Ukrainian government to lower the age to 18.
The Biden administration argues that Ukraine to lower its draft age to keep pace with Russia’s growing military.
It comes as the outgoing Biden admin pushes to escalate the war before President Donald Trump enters office in January with a plan for peace.
The conflict has expanded dramatically in recent weeks, almost three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A senior Biden admin official told The Associated Press Wednesday that “the pure math” of Ukraine’s situation calls for lowering the draft age.