Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine
KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another 160,000 Russian citizens be called up to serve in the military, Russian news agency Interfax reported Monday.
Russia drafts men aged 18 to 30 years old. The new order, starting April 1 and to be completed by July 15, comes amid the ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, brokered by the United States.
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Well, at least their prisons will be empty at this rate.
And their schools…
Tomahtoe, tomato...
TIL how to spell that phrase. Thanks!
Putin's fixed the unemployment problem!
And that is a huge problem. If he ends the war, there will be thousands of men, most of them traumatized and used to the comparatively good army salary. They will either become mercenaries or criminals.
He needs a forever war.
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That's the cool thing about conscripting criminals. When they come back, they are still criminals, they don't become criminals.
With added trauma, some military experience and probably having stolen military equipment...
Yep, it already happened with the released Wagner prisoners. They get home, get drunk, and kill their neighbours
With the current rate of losses this gives him just over 100 days until he needs the next batch of cannon fodder
That assumes they are picking the cannon fodder at random. If they leaned towards the most apt for combat (young, relatively healthy and somewhat stable) then the next batch well probably be worse than the previous. If they also cheap out more on training and equipment... They might need a batch sonnet than that.
I thought they ran out of that age group awhile ago. Didn't they have to go to the 50+ years ago?
From what I understand Russia went from young to old when finding people, Ukraine has gone from old to young.
Sort of. They wiped out minorities and undesireables first.
Russians aren't often conscripted when they have "important" jobs.
Maybe this just means that more working Russians will get conscripted.
Nobody have cancelled the process of aging yet. As long as people keep making babies, the supply of fresh 18-year-olds won't dwindle.
Anyway, this is a regular conscription for mandatory military service that's performed twice a year in Russia for all young men.
But who is working in their factories then? Are you Russian?
Well factory workers have a slightly lower chance of dying, even account for strikes against military factories. So don't need to be replaced as much as soldiers.
Lol, Russian it is.
Basically Zapp Brannigan at this point. Except less fun and more murderous dictator.
Sound pretty Zapp Brannigan too me:
We need that woman to come back and give the new recruits pocketfuls of sunflower seeds. So sunflowers will grow when they die on Ukrainian soil... Slava Ukrayini!
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-soldier-woman-confrontation-b2022993.html
Imagine if Russia directed these resources into fighting climate change or building infrastructure in Russia
That's literally just a planned spring draft. Happens every year from April 1st to July 15th and then there's the autumn draft from October 1st to December 31st. The planned numbers are higher than before (160k vs 150k in 2024), and I'm sure a number of conscripts will be coerced into signing a contract again, but this isn't exactly an unexpected event.
Army conscription is always weird every time it happens and should always be treated as such.
Why?
Your government needs you to go die for Daddy Putin. You don't think forced military service is weird?
No, I don't think there's anything weird about it at all. Because of a conscription system my country has one of the biggest and most credible militaries in europe and thus wont need to worry about Putin attacking us. Not having a credible military is how you get invaded.
Man I thought Russia had this giant population they could pick from.
160k is... Not going to be enough.
Operation Human Shield. Just cannon fodder.
I see the ceasefire is going well.