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Ukraine hits back against pressure to lower conscription age to 18
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has pushed back against Western pressure to lower his country\u2019s conscription age, vowing not to sacrifice young soldiers to fill gaps in equipment and training.
Mr Zelensky emphasised that Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s focus should remain on equipping its existing brigades while allies work to decisively end Russia<\/a>\u2019s full-scale invasion.
In a post on X on Monday, he seemed to reject calls from the US to lower Ukraine\u2019s draft age from 25 to 18, saying Ukraine will not use \u201cthe youth of soldiers\u201d to make up for its gaps in military equipment and training.
The post continued: \u201cThe priority should be providing missiles and lowering Russia\u2019s military potential, not Ukraine\u2019s draft age. The goal should be to preserve as many lives as possible, not to preserve weapons in storage.\u201d
His remarks followed reports that the US had tied additional military support to Ukraine\u2019s willingness to mobilise more troops.
Mr Zelensky also expressed gratitude to French president Emmanuel Macron and US president-elect Donald Trump<\/a> after a \u201cproductive conversation\u201d in Paris, adding that \u201conly decisiveness\u201d would bring the war to a just conclusion.
Ukraine\u2018s national railway has said it will hike freight tariffs by 37 per cent to meet significant price rises for fuel, electricity and equipment repairs in a fresh blow to farmers<\/a>.
The hike comes as the embattled country tries to cope with the effects of Russian attacks.
Railways transport <\/a>half of all Ukrainian goods and are vital for exports of grain and metallurgical products.
Earlier this year, the agrarian lobby UCAB said an increase in freight tariffs would hurt struggling farmers and damage production and export volumes.
The traders\u2019 union UGA said it could only worsen the situation for farmers already suffering from falling global food prices.<\/p>\n

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Photos show members of the Syrian community in Moscow gathering outside the Syrian embassy on Monday to celebrate the toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad and to hoist the opposition flag over the building.
Assad and his family fled to Russia, where they received asylum from his longtime ally, after a lightning rebel advance<\/a> ended his family\u2019s 50 years of iron rule.
Three people were killed and 11 hurt in a Russian missile strike that destroyed a private clinic in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday, the regional governor said.
Rescuers were searching for people trapped under the rubble, he said on the Telegram messenger. One person was in a severe condition, and two medics were among the injured,
Russian occupation officials announced evacuations in Yenakiieve city in the occupied Donetsk region <\/a>as reports of explosions spread on social media.
Local Telegram channels speculated about a possible missile attack <\/a>in footage they posted allegedly showing explosions in Yenakiieve .
Ukraine has not commented on the incident, and Russian authorities did not clarify the reasons for evacuation.<\/p>\n

China has started restricting exports to the United States and Europe of drone components vital to Ukraine\u2019s defence, amid an escalating China-US trade war, Bloomberg reports.
The parts are used to build unmanned aerial vehicles, according to sources with knowledge of the developments.
Beijing is expected to impose broader restrictions on drone parts in the new year, the sources added.
Peace talks on the war in Ukraine<\/a> could possibly start this winter, Poland\u2019s prime minister said as he outlined a series of planned meetings with Warsaw seeking to play a leading role in ending the conflict.
Poland has been one of Kyiv\u2019s staunchest supporters since Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
\u201cAs you can imagine, our delegation will be co-responsible for, among other things, what the political calendar will look like, perhaps what the situation will be like during the negotiations, which may, although there is still a question mark, start in the winter of this year,\u201d Donald Tusk told a government<\/a> meeting.
Mr Tusk\u2019s comments come after he announced French president Emmanuel Macron will Warsaw on Thursday to give a rundown on talks with US president-elect Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky in Paris last weekend<\/a>.
Just over 44 per cent of Ukrainians trust US president-elect Donald Trump<\/a>, around 10 points less than president Joe Biden, a survey by New Europe Center showed.
In comparison, a separate June poll by the Pew Research Center suggested that Hungaraians trusted Mr Trump the most at 37 percent, followed by Britain at 30 per cent and then France with 16 per cent of the population trusting him.
\u201cThis high level of support is likely due to the expectation of a clearer and more decisive policy towards Ukraine from the new US administration,\u201d New Europe Center researchers said.<\/p>\n

Just over 70 per cent of Ukrainians support gradual NATO accession<\/a> akin to West Germany\u2019s model, a new survey by the Kyiv-based New Europe Center.
This invitation would cover Ukraine, but the alliance\u2019s defensive umbrella would only extend to occupied territories after liberation.
Different NATO accession pathways are gaining traction in both the West and Kyiv as Russia holds a military advantage<\/a> on the battlefield and the prospect of liberating occupied territories militarily remains slim.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s yuan exports to Russia<\/a> plunged in November, a sharp deterioration from 24 per cent growth in October and marking the first decline in four months, according to Chinese customs data.
Outbound shipments to Russia<\/a> shrank 10.5 percent last month from a year earlier, the first drop since July.
Imports from Russia also fell 7.4 percent in yuan terms last month, worsening from a 4.3 percent loss in October.
It comes after Putin said that the primary challenge to Russia-China trade was mutual payment settlements, and the central banks of both countries were working to address the issue.<\/p>\n

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