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Ukraine and Ruzzia "ideals" are exactly opposite. The recruiting age in Ukraine has been stubbornly kept relatively high at 25 years, because the only reason than older Ukrainians are fighting is because they want their children to have a shimmer of hope of scaping the Moscovian rule and actually have a country that they can run and decide upon by themselves.
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How Zelensky’s popularity has sunk after nearly three years of war

He may have rallied Ukraine against Russia, but war-weariness and army corruption rows have hurt his image and most voters would prefer he not seek a second term
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Just 16 per cent would vote to re-elect him for a second term, according to an opinion poll of 1,200 Ukrainians published this week by the Social Monitoring Centre in Kyiv. The poll, the most comprehensive study of electoral preferences since the invasion began in 2022, also found that about 60 per cent would prefer Zelensky not to even stand for re-election.
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There is also a danger that Zelensky’s popularity could plummet even further if he goes ahead with Washington’s suggestion that Ukraine should begin sending younger men to the front. A senior official in President Biden’s administration said this week that Ukraine should lower the minimum age at which men could be mobilised for the war from 25 to 18.