Putin calls 70-yr-olds into battle on frontline

DESPERATE Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the maximum age of mobilised troops – so some 70- year-olds could be sent to the frontline.

- CHRIS HUGHES

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 aged 70 instead of 65.

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 reservists can be dragged back into the military aged 55 maximum, rather than 45.