There have been many reports of various kinds that tend to confirm something also borne out by the short video below.
The Russians are fighting the war in Ukraine predominantly with men in their 30s and 40s.
And I guarantee you it's not because they lack highly trained soldiers in their 20s.
Hundreds of thousands of young Russian men have voluntarily enlisted in the armed forces over the past year.
Most of them have now received many months of training.
A great many have been rotated through multiple deployments with experienced front-line combat units in order to harden their instincts under fire.
As I have long argued, the Russians are decisively winning the war in Ukraine while simultaneously preparing to fight a war against the US and its vassals.
Fools mock the Russians as inferior barbarians.
"The second-best army in Ukraine," they crow.
Well ... as I have repeatedly noted over the past 18 months:
"If you can't win a real war, win an imaginary one."
The objective reality is that, here in the waning months of 2023, Russia possesses what is almost certainly the most capable and battle-hardened army on the planet.