A destroyed apartment in a damaged residential building following an air strike in Kyiv, on November 14th, 2025. A Russian attack overnight, mostly targeting the capital Kyiv, killed four people and damaged buildings across the city, Ukrainian authorities said. Photograph: Oleksii Filippov/ AFP via Getty Images
Ukraine’s government faces questions from some European Union (EU) states and domestic critics over a decision to allow more of its young men to leave the country, when its heavily outnumbered army is struggling to recruit troops for the war with Russia.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced in August that men aged 18-22 could go
Continue Reading on The Irish Times
This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.