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| Putin calls up his Dad's Army: Russia mobilises 70-year-olds as country readies another 100,000 men for war in Ukraine |
| 2023-07-19 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Russia has upped the maximum age for its soldiers by up to ten years as it readies another 100,000 men for a new battle in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin is building a new force of soldiers to attack the area around Kupyansk in the northern sector of the frontline in Ukraine, military chiefs in Kyiv believe. Under a recently approved law, reservists with the highest rank can be called back into service up to the age of 70, instead of the former age of 65. Men who have also completed their compulsory service can re-enter the army up to the age of 55 rather than 45. It comes after hundreds of thousands of men fled the country in September when Putin ordered mobilisation without warning. |
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