These changes mean that the population are more compelled to fight, according to the MoD, and this, coupled with recent drone attacks, the Wagner rebellion and domestic repression, only highlights "the Russian state's failure to insulate the population from the war". Similarly, we saw Vladimir Putin raise the age that reservists can be called up, with senior officials available for service up to the age of 70. While conscripts have not been deployed in Ukraine, these extra draftees "free up professional and mobilised soldiers from other duties inside Russia", the MoD says. In its latest update, the MoD points to the recent change to the conscription age limits - which saw its upper limit lifted from 27 to 30 - as an indication of Russia's keenness to push to recruit more troops from its population. Russia is prioritising amending legislation to allow more troops to be rapidly drafted into its military to fight in Ukraine, according to the UK's Ministry of Defence.
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