The Average Age Of A Ukraine Soldier On The Front Is 40

Zero Hedge: The Average Age Of Ukraine's Soldiers At The Front Is Over 40 

Former UK defense secretary Ben Wallace in a Sunday op-ed for The Telegraph urged the West not to pause support for Ukraine for even a single day, writing, "The world is watching to see if the West has the resolve to stand up for our values and the rules-based system. What we do now for Ukraine will set the direction for all of our security for years to come." 

Wallace's piece is unironically entitled Ukraine is winning. Now let’s finish the job and claims that victory for Kyiv is not only possibly but even imminent if only the West keeps up its support and the Zelensky government follows NATO's guidance. Wallace admits that the question of manpower is not in Ukraine's favor, however. 

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Update: The Average Age Of Ukraine's Army (Moon of Alabama).  

WNU Editor: My sources in Ukraine tell me that in some cases the average age is higher. 

Sighhh .... the young men are gone. There is no pool of young men for Ukraine to draw upon. 

On the same topic. I have been told by my Russian sources that the average age of a Russian soldier on the front is in the mid-to-late twenties.

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