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Ukraine’s average soldier is 43. How can they keep Putin at bay? (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago

Beware of old men in careers with short life expectancies. Doubly so when the Russians have been killing them off and on for over 10 years.

On the other hand, a draft of all adult males isn't exactly going to result in a lower average age. Still, the premise of the article is garbage.