Ukraine maintains a compulsory mobilization age range of 25 to 60 for fit men without deferments, following the 2024 reduction from 27. Repeated statements from the Presidential Office in 2026, including from Deputy Head Pavlo Palisa, confirm that further lowering below 25 is not under active consideration and depends on frontline conditions. Parliamentary discussions on mobilization reforms, highlighted by committee secretary Roman Kostenko in August, reference potential "radical measures" involving conscription age, yet no draft legislation has advanced to alter the threshold. Authorities instead emphasize contract-based service options, fixed service terms, and Territorial Recruitment Center reforms to address manpower needs. Periodic 90-day extensions of general mobilization, most recently through late October 2026, have left age limits unchanged. Trader assessments reflect these official positions and the absence of imminent legislative action.