The Russian Parliament is contemplating raising the maximum age for military enlistment past 40, ostensibly to "take advantage" of critical skills for maintaining high tech systems (that's the lie IMO), but probably more in reality because as of yesterday, estimated Russian personnel losses were closing in on 30,000 dead, and sane young men are no longer signing up to be cannon fodder in Ukraine.
(again, yes, I'm using Ukrainian estimates. They're updated daily and seem to correspond well with what NATO is estimating)
Regarding the lie that they need to recruit older people to get people capable of maintaining high tech systems, my memory is that when I was attempting to gain admission to my nation's military academies, they were telling me that their 22 and 23 year old graduates were fully capable of strapping on an F-16, tracking Soviet satellites in Cheyenne Mountain, and the like. You don't need to be 53 like myself to figure out high tech equipment.
Yet another point of reference; things are not going well for the Russians these days. Hopefully someone in Moscow figures it out in time to save their country by removing Putin and his minions from power. Putin Delenda Est!
And in "that's more like it", a Russian diplomat has reportedly publicly resigned. Hopefully he's well protected. Putin delenda est, and we're also cheering for Putin's cancer here. Yes, Putin's mass murder of thousands in Ukraine and his own country has me understanding the imprecatory Psalms a lot better these days.
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