⚡️During the same ABC interview covered earlier, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, said that the incoming Trump administration intends to push Ukrainian decision-makers to lower the age of conscription to 18.

“If Ukrainians have asked the whole world to be all in for democracy, we need them to be all in for democracy.”

Lack of manpower reserves has hampered Ukraine’s ability to stabilize the front lines and reconstitute depleted units—something Waltz said is a prerequisite to any type of deal on the cessation of hostilities.