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> The current troops incursion are mostly conscript based Not sure if it is disinformation, but the Russians announced that there are no conscripts in this war

> The current troops incursion are mostly conscript based Not sure if it is disinformation, but the Russians announced that there are no conscripts in this war. Time will tell, but maybe the Western media/intel got it wrong?

irrational 5y ago
Then who are the soldiers surrendering who claim to be french teachers, janitors, etc. who were forced into going?
- int_19h 5y ago
  Contract soldiers who are trying to pretend that they aren't, to get a better deal as a POW?
selcuka 5y ago
There is a lot of disinformation, but there is also this [1]: > Russian law prohibits conscripts from being sent to the front unless they choose to sign a contract and become career soldiers. Currently, compulsory service in the Russian army is one year, including four months of basic training. In reality, says Olga Larkina, chair of the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, soldiers are either forced to sign a contract against their will, or their military IDs are confiscated, and they are signed to a contract without their knowledge. In recent days, her organization has received dozens of pleas for assistance about this from parents of draftees. [1] https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-why-is-he-there-russian-mothers-say-soldiers-tricked-into-going-to-ukraine-1.10633865 https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.HIGHLIGHT...
- cutemonster 5y ago
  Do you think Putin cares about Russian law (or any law at all)
  - selcuka 5y ago
    That's basically what I quoted.
yakshaving_jgt 5y ago
Many of these soldiers are 18-20 year old kids.
- greyhair 5y ago
  In Vietnam, most the US soldiers were 18-20 year old kids. The draft ended shortly before I turned 18, but I had older friends that were drafted and sent off to fight. No one I knew died, but a couple returned with life altering injuries, a couple others returned with what we now call PTSD, but back then they were just referred to as 'losers', and 'weak'.

irrational 5y ago

Then who are the soldiers surrendering who claim to be french teachers, janitors, etc. who were forced into going?

int_19h 5y ago
Contract soldiers who are trying to pretend that they aren't, to get a better deal as a POW?

selcuka 5y ago

There is a lot of disinformation, but there is also this [1]: > Russian law prohibits conscripts from being sent to the front unless they choose to sign a contract and become career soldiers. Currently, compulsory service in the Russian army is one year, including four months of basic training. In reality, says Olga Larkina, chair of the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, soldiers are either forced to sign a contract against their will, or their military IDs are confiscated, and they are signed to a contract without their knowledge. In recent days, her organization has received dozens of pleas for assistance about this from parents of draftees. [1] https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-why-is-he-there-russian-mothers-say-soldiers-tricked-into-going-to-ukraine-1.10633865 https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.HIGHLIGHT...

cutemonster 5y ago
Do you think Putin cares about Russian law (or any law at all)
- selcuka 5y ago
  That's basically what I quoted.

yakshaving_jgt 5y ago

Many of these soldiers are 18-20 year old kids.

greyhair 5y ago
In Vietnam, most the US soldiers were 18-20 year old kids. The draft ended shortly before I turned 18, but I had older friends that were drafted and sent off to fight. No one I knew died, but a couple returned with life altering injuries, a couple others returned with what we now call PTSD, but back then they were just referred to as 'losers', and 'weak'.