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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by throwoutway on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:01PM (#30537015)
> 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?

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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by irrational on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:06PM (#30537053)
Then who are the soldiers surrendering who claim to be french teachers, janitors, etc. who were forced into going?
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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by int_19h on Thursday March 03, 2022 @01:51AM (#30537949)
Contract soldiers who are trying to pretend that they aren't, to get a better deal as a POW?
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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by selcuka on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:52AM (#30537650)
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...

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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by cutemonster on Thursday March 03, 2022 @01:45AM (#30537916)
Do you think Putin cares about Russian law (or any law at all)
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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by selcuka on Sunday March 06, 2022 @03:41AM (#30576048)
That's basically what I quoted.
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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by yakshaving_jgt on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:05AM (#30538028)
Many of these soldiers are 18-20 year old kids.
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Re:China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Bid... by greyhair on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:54AM (#30541005)
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'.
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