Ukraine faces ongoing manpower shortages in its conflict with Russia, with mobilization currently applying primarily to men aged 25-60 who meet fitness and registration criteria under martial law extended through at least late October 2026. The minimum age was lowered from 27 to 25 in April 2024 via legislation signed by President Zelenskyy, but subsequent official statements from the Presidential Office in 2025 and 2026 indicate no active consideration of further reductions below 25, with emphasis instead on contract-based service reforms, fixed terms, and potential adjustments to the upper age limit. Persistent recruitment challenges, including public resistance and procedural controversies, have prompted contract incentives and deferment expansions rather than age changes. Legislative extensions of mobilization periods and any frontline developments could influence future parliamentary action on conscription rules.