The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, approved this Wednesday the proposal of extend to 30 years of age in which Russian citizens can be called up, a measure that may cause a new exodus of men of military age.
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Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, proposed raising by three years the age limit at which a Russian can be summoned to fulfill compulsory military service, which is now situated at 27, which was approved by Putin and communicated today at a meeting of the senior staff of the Ministry of Defending.
Since the first war in Chechnya (1994-96) there are many Russians who bribed the recruitment offices or sent their children to military professorships or abroad to avoid being called up, due to the high levels of mortality and the bad Living conditions in the Army.
In addition, the minister assured that each recruit will be offered from day one the possibility of signing a professional contract with the Army. Indeed, human rights organizations denounced that, despite Putin’s promises, the recruits did fight in Ukraine and many others were pressured to sign contracts against their will.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians left this country in the first months of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, an exodus that exploded after the mobilization decree signed by Putin in September.
Shoigu admitted today that the mobilization faced many difficulties, although he stressed that, apart from the 300,000 reservists and the 20,000 volunteers, 830,000 men were exempted for working in companies or services vital to the functioning of the State.
In addition, he proposed to Putin the possibility of increasing the number of troops in the Russian Army to 1.5 million, half of them professionals, when now they barely exceed one million.
The dire shortage of men on the front lines, a serious strategic planning mistake on Russia’s part, according to experts, forced Moscow to give up its initial plans in Ukraine and withdraw from the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Recently, Defense denied that it proposes to increase the compulsory military service from 12 to 24 months
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