Russia: 82,000 conscripts have been sent to fight in Ukraine - Guardian News

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Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, said 82,000 conscripts had already been sent to Ukraine. Speaking during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Shoigu added that Russia was no longer recruiting people for its armed forces, saying that ‘citizen notification has been discontinued’. Putin thanked his defense minister, acknowledging that there at been some problems at the start of the recruitment drive. ‘This was probably inevitable,’ he said, ‘bearing in mind that such events have not been held in our country for a long time’.

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1. By next month its will be cut by one third...

they are not well-trained, many are heavy drinkers, out of physical condition,don't want to be there, and frankly too old to be on a battlefield.

[link:https://eurasiantimes.com/i-want-to-live-hundreds-of-russian-troops-are-surrendering-ukraines/|]

[link:https://www.kyivpost.com/russias-war/over-2000-russian-conscripts-seek-surrender-intelligence.html|]