Ukraine needs new troops so badly it is taking people's passports and tried to recruit a mentally disabled man

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Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces members on an armored personnel carrier during exercises in a forest near Kyiv on July 13, 2022.

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Russia is raising its conscription age and calling up 70-year-olds in an effort to avoid another large-scale mobilization that could spark backlash, expert says

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A Russian man kisses his partner while standing next to several other conscripts.
A Russian conscript kisses his partner during a send-off event before they head to assigned military units for mandatory one-year military service, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

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Russian soldiers sent their families a desperate video, saying they were being led by a 'drunk' commander and without the supplies to survive

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A Russian soldier stands guard in this April 2022 image.

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Ukrainian civilians are attending military trainings and workout sessions to prepare for an expected influx of draft notices ahead of a spring offensive

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A group of Ukrainian recruits stand in a field holding their guns.
A group of Ukrainian recruits are pictured, being trained by British and international partner forces at a site in Wiltshire, south-west England on February 20, 2023.

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300,000 new troops couldn't get Russia's big offensive to work, and sending more to the front probably won't help, war experts say

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer cannon aimed at Russian positions on the front line nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 17, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer cannon aimed at Russian positions on the front line nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 17, 2023.

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Russia wants to replenish its troops by recruiting 400,000 new contract soldiers starting April: reports

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Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading
Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" in Saint Petersburg on September 29, 2022.

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