Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of 160,000 into military service.
The decree, which was reported by news agency Interfax and also published on the government website for legal announcements, says conscription applies to all citizens aged between 18 and 30 and covers the period from April to July.
Really? Because 160K doesn’t seem like much at this point. I’d probably be wanting the world to not find out I need yet another chunk of guys and all I can do is 160K because all the others have completely failed and shit’s getting low.
These 160K will not be sent to Ukraine. They are used for maintenance, logistics and such. They are doing this every year to replace the 160K conscripts that are done with their 12 months of military service.
This has nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. Russia has been drafting people for military service twice a year for decades. This is how countries with conscription systems work. Finland does the same thing.