President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.

The United States is urging Ukraine to “look hard” at removing policy mandates that limit the nation to drafting soldiers aged 25 and up, a senior administration official told The Hill on Wednesday. They’ve suggested lowering the age to 18,

Ukraine has taken steps to broaden the pool of draft-eligible men, but the efforts have only scratched the surface against a much larger Russian military.

A Moscow district councillor serving a seven-year sentence for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine staged an anti-war protest from the courtroom cage at the start of a new trial against him on charges of justifying terrorism.

Russia on Wednesday put a former Moscow councilor, who became one of the first critics of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine to be jailed, back on trial for criticizing the military offensive while in prison.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.