Desperate Vladimir Putin is forming his own Dad’s Army.
He has increased the maximum age for military service so OAPs can rejoin the ranks.
It will see soldiers as old as 70 deployed to the front, with the age for rank and file troops increased by 10 years.
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It comes after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace declared that a quarter of a million Russian troops have been killed, injured or are marked down as missing during the Ukraine war.
Russian media has dared to admit that as many as 47,000 Russian soldiers have been killed – although the Ukrainians claim the figure is more like 240,000
Officially, Moscow only admits 6,000 soldiers have died although the public is fast becoming aware of the “meat grinder” fighting that is killing their men.
Hundreds of thousands of men of fighting age also fled Russia last September after the mobilisation was ordered without warning. There were also reports from across the country of people attacking mobilisation officers and setting fire to government buildings that were being used to organise the draft.
The new laws set by Moscow mean reservist males who hold the highest ranks such as General can be called back to the front up to the age of 70.
Lesser ranking officers, such as seniors, can be drafted back into service aged 65 and junior officers can be sent to the frontline at the age of 60.
Ordinary troops who have completed compulsory service and are now reservists can be dragged back into the military aged 55 maximum, rather than 45.
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