Ukraine’s PM said blocked US funding could arrive as soon as this month and that the scope of recruiting fresh troops for the front line may be fewer than the half-million initially backed by the military. On that latter point, a contested draft bill calling for the conscription of younger soldiers is stalled in Ukraine’s parliament, with President Zelensky wary of an initial military request to draft as many as 500,000 troops. The PM noted that an assessment showed that scale wasn’t necessary, given the rotations on the front line and incoming weaponry. Separately, the EU is closer to extending trade support for Ukraine for another year while creating better safeguards to prevent imports of certain products from getting too high.