Re:Please, delete all new places since the start of war 23th...
by Animats on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @10:22PM
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"‘I’m panicking — where is my child?’ Conscript soldiers are being sent to fight against Ukraine, their relatives say. Here’s what their families told Meduza."[1]
That's a Latvian source. May be propaganda. Other sources saying the same thing track back to that one.
The Russian army has "contract soldiers", who signed up, and "conscripts", who are drafted to serve for one year. I've been looking for good counts. Most conscripts are in the army; The navy, air force, and strategic rocket force are mostly (entirely?) contract soldiers.
That's a Latvian source. May be propaganda. Other sources saying the same thing track back to that one.
The Russian army has "contract soldiers", who signed up, and "conscripts", who are drafted to serve for one year. I've been looking for good counts. Most conscripts are in the army; The navy, air force, and strategic rocket force are mostly (entirely?) contract soldiers.
[1] https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/02/26/i-m-panicking-where-...