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Russia still away from that. The purpose is, I think, to make training quicker once they are technically adults. If they kinda know how to operate these things, that cuts down on training time. Actually sending actual children to the front will not come that soon, because It's... a very unpopular and desperate move. There are less unpopular and desperate moves before that.
I'd agree it's Putin settling Russia in for a long war so training a teenager shortens the time from (adult) conscription to hitting the front.