Keev Commander Says Military Mostly “Very Old Men”

There has never been an army in all of human history where the average age of the soldiers was over 40.

Now, the Ukraine is looking for another “first time in all of history” as they move to force-conscript women.

RT:

The average age of soldiers in the Ukrainian army is over 40 years old, Aleksey Tarasenko, commander of Kiev’s 5th Assault Brigade, has claimed, adding that the military is in dire need of younger recruits. 

Speaking to Espresso TV on Sunday, Tarasenko said it is “outlandish and perplexing” to hear that some people doubt the need for another mobilization.

Bro, there aren’t any more young men. They are all dead, mutilated permanently, or made it across the border, out of the country.

“The military is eagerly awaiting fresh reinforcements because the situation in many units is critical in terms of personnel,” he explained. “Even those who do come often leave much to be desired. Mostly, these are men of a much older age with a multitude of problems that typically arise.”

The military desperately needs “young men” because those who joined the army at the very beginning of the conflict are mostly “gone,” he said, adding that the average age of the soldiers is over 40.

Tarasenko’s remarks came after the parliament asked the government for additional revisions of a much-debated bill that would lower the maximum draft age from 27 to 25, limit deferrals, and increase penalties for draft dodgers. Critics say the bill contains provisions that violate the constitution and pave the way for corruption.

Last month, President Vladimir Zelensky revealed that the army had requested the mobilization of between 450,000 and 500,000 people. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s top general, however, denied that the military asked for a specific number of new fighters.

Nevertheless, the situation prompted the authorities to consider options for replenishing battlefield losses, including the introduction of electronic call-up papers, and to explore the conscription of women.

The governor of Nikolaev Region, Valery Kim, warned at the time that conscripting half a million people “is not enough” and Ukraine needs to enlist at least 2 million.

It’s not even remotely clear what the hell we are talking about here.

The war is already lost. Kiev has admitted they are “going on the defensive” after the failed “counteroffensive,” which effectively means that they are surrendering the territory that Russia currently holds, while they try to hold onto territory that Russia is now moving to take.

Russia wants to take both Kharkov and Odessa, and there is no reason to believe they are going to have much trouble doing that, given that the Ukraine military is depleted totally and they are literally talking about sending women to the front lines.

What this means is that they would have more territory if they surrendered now. Of course, that was always true – in February of 2022, they could have surrendered and ended up keeping a lot more territory than they currently have. But back then there was an insane narrative from the American government/media that the Ukraine was going to “push Russia out.” Now that they are admitting openly that they are going on the defensive, they are no longer even presenting the premise that they are going to push Russia out.

Here’s another first: no military in history has ever faced these odds and refused to surrender. The only way this is possible is that the Ukrainian military policy is being dictated to them by the United States, and the United States has helped Zelensky set up a system of electronic propaganda and mass censorship that leads the average Ukrainian to believe that Russia is attempting to conquer the entire country and kill everyone that lives there. That is: the Keev media claims that surrender is not an option, because Russia would simply murder everyone in the country.