That’s according to a registered bill, the content of which was revealed when Wednesday’s agenda was released for the State Duma, Russia’s parliament, which is controlled by President Vladimir’s United Russia. Putin.
The purpose of the bill is to eliminate the age limit for citizens of working age […]to which they have the right to conclude the first military service contract
indicates an explanatory note accompanying the legislative text.
According to this note, only citizens between the ages of 18 and 40 are currently allowed to enter into a first contract with the army. For foreign citizens, the window is 18 to 30 years old.
Gold, for the use of high-precision weapons, the operation of weapons and military equipment, highly professional specialists are needed
so older.
The new law would therefore help to attract specialists in popular, mostly civilian-related fields (medical support, engineering, maintenance, operations, communications, etc.) for military contract service
indicates the note.
Heavy losses for the Russian army
If it refuses to give precise figures, Russia admits all the same to have suffered significant losses
since the Kremlin launched its offensive in Ukraine on February 24. kyiv claims to have killed more than 29,200 soldiers, an unverifiable figure.
British military intelligence for its part argued Monday that the losses of Russian forces after the first three months of the conflict are as important as those suffered during the nine-year war led by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
According to estimates, this conflict could have claimed 15,000 victims in the ranks of the Soviet army.
The Institute for the Study of War reported late Monday that an association of Russian veterans is urging the Kremlin to declare a general mobilization in areas neighboring NATO member countries and Ukraine.
According to this Washington-based think tank, the All-Russian Assembly of Officers is also advocating for compulsory military service to be increased from one to two years, and for the death penalty to be imposed on deserters.
The veterans’ group calls on President Putin to recognize that Russia is not just looking to denazify
Ukraine, but declares a war to recover historical territories from Russia.
A conflict that promises to be long
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the secretary of Russia’s powerful Security Council both hinted on Tuesday that Moscow will have to fight a long fight in Ukraine to achieve the goals of its intervention.
We continue the special military operation until all goals are achieved, regardless of the huge Western aid to the kyiv regime and the unprecedented sanctions pressure
said Minister Shoigu, during a videoconference with counterparts of the formerUSSR partially broadcast on television.
According to him, Russian efforts to avoid civilian casualties slow down, of course, the tempo of the offense, but this is deliberate
. According to the latest report from theUN, the war claimed the lives of more than 3,900 civilians, an underestimated figure. According to kyiv, the siege of Mariupol alone could have claimed more than 20,000 victims.
A little earlier, in a rare interview with the Russian newspaper Argoumenty i Faktythe Secretary of the Security Council, Nikolaï Patrushev, meant that the military operations would last as long as necessary.
We don’t run after deadlines
he said, noting that the goals set by the President (Vladimir Putin) will be fulfilled
. It can’t be otherwise, the truth is on our side
he added.
Reference-ici.radio-canada.ca