After multiple drone strikes: Russia raises conscription age for ’better defense’ | DW News

Russia’s defense ministry says it has thwarted an attack on Moscow by three Ukrainian drones. The strike damaged an office building several kilometres from the Kremlin. Another drone strike on a police station was reported overnight in the Russian border region of Briansk. Ukraine’s president says the attacks show the war is returning to Russian territory. Fore more on that we talk to DW’s Dmity Ponyavin. And: Moscow has remained tight-lipped about the impact the war is having on its troops. But independent experts have looked into it. Moscow said it planned to beef up its military in 2023 from around 1 million to 1.5 million. According to independent data, there are an estimated 1.3 million. That figure includes active personnel, reservists and paramilitary forces. In September of last year, President Putin announced the mobilization of 300,000 troops. Russia has said it doesn’t need a mass mobilisation but last week’s increase in the maximum age of