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Ukraine is putting pressure on fighting-age men outside the country as it tries to replenish forces

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By JILL LAWLESS and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is seeking to reverse the drain of potential soldiers from the country. It has announced that men of conscription age will no longer be able to renew their passports from outside the country. The move late Wednesday comes as Ukraine works to get much-needed new supplies of weapons and ammunition from a huge U.S. aid package to the front line. Millions of Ukrainians have fled the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Poland’s defense minister said Warsaw was ready to help ensure “those who are subject to compulsory military service go to Ukraine,” though he did not specify how.

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