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As far as i know, Russia mostly stopped using conscription for the ukraine war effort after popular discontent, and now mostly only uses conscripts internally,

As far as i know, Russia mostly stopped using conscription for the ukraine war effort after popular discontent, and now mostly only uses conscripts internally, with most of the russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine being offered large sums of money to "volunteer". I was initially assuming Israel was relying on reserves for the current war, which seems to be true, but it also sounds like being in the reserves is mandatory so i guess that is conscription with extra steps. Anyways, i guess your broad point is right.

throwaway290 1y ago
> Russia mostly stopped using conscription Some draftees are made sign the contract not just with large sums of money but also force/torture. I am told it happens almost dsily and knowing a bit what russian army is like I think it is likely. Probably more likely if you are non-slavic guy from the regions and not a big city This story is about a guy who was arrested for theft or something and was "offered" contract. Apparently cops get 100000 rub reward for one guy who they "convince". https://meduza.io/feature/2025/07/13/dozhd-18-letnego-dagestantsa-saida-murtazalieva-pod-pytkami-zastavili-podpisat-kontrakt-na-fronte-on-propal https://meduza.io/feature/2025/07/13/dozhd-18-letnego-dagest...
- strcat 1y ago
  See the response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672.
  - throwaway290 1y ago
    Sorry how is it related to russia forcing draftees into contract to be sent to frontlines again?
    - strcat 1y ago
      Our lead developer wasn't conscripted by Russia and I wanted to make sure that was clear to everyone.
      - throwaway290 1y ago
        Well OK but this argument is about narrative about russia "not using draftees in the war anymore". Not all comments on this page are about your developer.
strcat 1y ago
See the response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672.

throwaway290 1y ago

> Russia mostly stopped using conscription Some draftees are made sign the contract not just with large sums of money but also force/torture. I am told it happens almost dsily and knowing a bit what russian army is like I think it is likely. Probably more likely if you are non-slavic guy from the regions and not a big city This story is about a guy who was arrested for theft or something and was "offered" contract. Apparently cops get 100000 rub reward for one guy who they "convince". https://meduza.io/feature/2025/07/13/dozhd-18-letnego-dagestantsa-saida-murtazalieva-pod-pytkami-zastavili-podpisat-kontrakt-na-fronte-on-propal https://meduza.io/feature/2025/07/13/dozhd-18-letnego-dagest...

strcat 1y ago
See the response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672.
- throwaway290 1y ago
  Sorry how is it related to russia forcing draftees into contract to be sent to frontlines again?
  - strcat 1y ago
    Our lead developer wasn't conscripted by Russia and I wanted to make sure that was clear to everyone.
    - throwaway290 1y ago
      Well OK but this argument is about narrative about russia "not using draftees in the war anymore". Not all comments on this page are about your developer.

strcat 1y ago

See the response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672.