Contracts for 18-year-olds and chaos in schools. What the world media say about Ukraine
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Ukraine will have special contracts for recruits below the draft age. Ukrainian schoolchildren have been found to be lagging behind in their studies. US President Donald Trump has said that he has made progress in negotiations with Russia on Ukraine. What the world media write about the situation in the country - in the Izvestia digest.
Reuters: Ukraine will recruit 18-year-old recruits under contract
The Ukrainian government intends to award lucrative contracts to attract young people aged 18 to 24 - those below the age of conscription - to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) to solve the problem of a shortage of manpower. The country's President Volodymyr Zelensky (powers expired on May 20) declined to say how many men are expected to join the army.
Reuters
"Combat brigades, experienced, together with the defense ministry ... are working on a contract option for young men between the ages of 18 and 24. This is for those who want to join the army, this is not mobilization," Zelensky said.
According to him, it will be a special contract, providing many benefits and high monetary provision. The agreement will be concluded for a period of one year. He promised to give details in the coming days.
The New York Times: Military action has wreaked havoc in Ukraine's schools
Disrupting the education of Ukraine's 3.7 million schoolchildren is one of the country's greatest challenges. Classes have been repeatedly interrupted, causing many students to fall far behind in their studies, experts say. Children are also losing communication and conflict resolution skills because they are unable to interact with other students sufficiently.
The New York Times
Most students study partly online and attend school face-to-face one or more days a week. 14% of children studying the Ukrainian curriculum do so entirely online, including about 300,000 joining classes from abroad.
According to the Education Ministry, Ukraine has built at least 137 underground schools, mostly in the east and south of the country. Many learn online by choice. For example, internally displaced people in the country often prefer their children to stay in their old schools virtually rather than attend schools near their new place of residence.
The Guardian: Zelensky says he is ready for negotiations
Zelensky said he was ready for talks with Russia in any format if he had security guarantees from the US and Europe. He said Ukraine did not want a repeat of the experience of peace agreements and negotiations that failed in previous years.
The Guardian
"A frozen conflict will lead to more aggression again and again. Who then will get the prizes and go down in history as the winner? No one. It will be an absolute defeat for everyone, and for us, which is important, and for [US President Donald] Trump," Zelensky said.
The interview was broadcast after Trump made it clear that he had been in contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is likely the first officially recognized (by Washington. - ed.) conversation between a Russian leader and a US president since early 2022.
Reuters: Trump says 'progress' in talks with Russia on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said he believed the United States was making progress in talks to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but declined to provide details of his contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said there had been contact between the two.
Reuters
If we're talking, I don't want to tell you about the conversations," Trump said. - I believe we are making progress. We want to stop the <military operation> of Ukraine and Russia." The president said the U.S. is in contact with Russia and Ukraine. "We are in talks with both sides," he said.
Trump also told reporters that he would meet with Putin at the "appropriate time." Mike Walz, the US president's national security adviser, declined to go into detail when asked about ties between Washington and Moscow.
The New York Times: Mobilized in Ukraine can't always call loved ones
Faced with severe troop shortages and heavy casualties, the Ukrainian military is chasing evaders to swell the ranks. In some cases, this means men are pulled off the street or off buses and taken to recruitment points in the clothes they were wearing at the time. It happens so quickly that the men can't always call loved ones right away to let them know what happened or where they were taken, families said.
The New York Times
Casualties are everywhere in Ukraine, where the faces of the fallen cover billboards and memorials that dot city streets. Amid all the casualties, there may be little sympathy for those who avoid service. There are about a million men fighting in the Ukrainian army - they have children and families, too.
The men are sent to an assembly center on the outskirts of Kiev. The center is at the end of a winding road, away from public transport. Anna, a young woman who came looking for her husband, said it took her an hour to get to the nearest bus stop, then another hour to find the gate.
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