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- Ukraine is struggling to recruit soldiers to fill in the gaps in its military, per The Economist.
- Recruitment officers are resorting to conscription raids on gyms and shopping centers, it reported.
- A senior officer said older recruits are "out of breath" before they even reach the front lines.
Recruitment officers in Ukraine are so desperate for new recruits that they are resorting to conscription raids on gyms and shopping centers, per The Economist.
And an unnamed senior officer told the magazine that they are now seeing 45- to 47-year-old recruits who are "out of breath by the time they reach the front line."