The Russian Federation intends to send most of the professional soldiers to the front - the Britain's intelligence

The department states that on March 13, deputies of the State Duma made a bill on changing the age ceiling for service in the army. It is likely that men aged 21-30 years old instead of the current 18-27 years. The law will most likely be approved and will come into force in January 2024. In Russia, since the time of the USSR twice a year, cycles of conscription have been held for military service. They differ from the exceptional "partial mobilization" of the Russians, held in September 2022.

According to intelligence, the Russian Federation continues to formally prohibit conscripts to participate in the war against Ukraine. However, at least hundreds of people probably have been served due to administrative confusion or after coercion before signing contracts. The British Ministry of Defense believes that the Russian authorities have decided to change the conscript age so that as many men as possible to serve in the army.

Many male people aged 18-21 have been released from military service due to higher education. "The authorities are likely to change the age -old qualification to increase the number of troops due to the fact that students will eventually be forced to serve," experts said. In addition, even if Russia continues to refrain from the participation of conscripts in the war, additional recruits will release most of the professional soldiers to participate in hostilities.

We will remind, on March 15, the media wrote that Russian troops began to distribute the summons to men "to clarify data. " However, journalists note that a new set of volunteers in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is possible to transfer to Ukraine. On March 7, the Pentagon noted that militants with Vagner PEC are fighting better than a regular army of Russia. US Defense Head Lloyd Austin believes that mercenaries better manage their offensive, using "unthinkable but effective methods.