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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    3 months ago

    It’s insane how many Russians have volunteered to die for a few thousand dollars, for the past year.

    The driver is information asymmetry on the part of the volunteers. Yes, people are volunteering and dying for a few thousand dollars, but they don’t know that.

    They know they are volunteering for a few thousand. They don’t know that it is certain death.

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      3 months ago

      Yes that’s most likely true, and I think they are beginning to suspect something is off, in part because Ukraine invaded.