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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of another 133,000 soldiers to aid his war in Ukraine.

The 18-to-30 year olds will be called up between tomorrow and December 31, but parents have raised fear that the untrained conscripts will be thrust straight into ‘hot’ border regions close to the war zone.

The figure is higher than the same draft last year when Putin recruited 130,000, and in spring when he drafted another 150,000.

The Russian regime is facing an increasing backlash over use of conscripts close to the war zone in defiance of an earlier Putin promise to parents that he would not put recruits in harm’s way.

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[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 70 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, Russian conscripts! Known for such classics as “immediately surrendering because they don’t want to die for nothing in some maniacs war”.

[-] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

There was just a story about a group of surrendering Russian soldiers getting shelled by Russian artillery. It isn't 100% clear that it was intentional, but its hard to not envision it as a throwback to the Soviet penal legions of old.

I'm sure by now they have figured out (or rediscovered, more likely) tactics to minimize the risk of their conscripts folding, sadly.

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

It's a confirmed fact they ordered troops in fallback lines to shoot any fleeing Russian troops trying to pull back on some of the fronts.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

And "that's a nice washing machine, while looting it I should try to carry it in the open during an active firefight"

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Its the flushing toilets that are most prized.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It’s unfortunate that Ukraine can’t afford to take a little time to let Russians surrender peacefully. I expect they'd get a lot more

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