> the us promises to help equip new ukrainian armed forces recruits if the draft age in ukraine is lowered to 18 years > if the age of conscription in the ukrainian armed forces is lowered to 18, recruits will be equipped, said us state department spokesman matthew miller:  > "we have made it clear to them that if they provide additional forces to participate in the fight, we and our allies will be ready to equip and train those forces."
Norway