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FILE - Newly recruited soldiers attend a ceremony as they celebrate the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)