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with the search for answers from the Defense Ministry, families have also launched a petition asking Putin to withdraw conscript soldiers
military service is a mandatory period of service in the Armed Forces required of all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 to acquire
Some were lucky and got three or four rounds
I didn't fire any more," Tipusyak said, recalling his military training.The involvement of less-trained conscripts in combat operations
alongside professional contract soldiers has historically been highly unpopular, especially during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and
Krivenko, director of the Citizen
Rights human rights group, told The Moscow Times.Under Russian law, a conscript can be sent into combat for special tasks just four months
involving conscripts during the invasion of Ukraine was the sinking of the missile cruiser Moskva in April 2022
According to independent Russian media, up to 500 personnel were serving on the flagship, two-thirds of whom may have been
Independent media reported that up to 40 personnel had died.In total, at least 159 Russian conscripts have been killed since the beginning
of the war, according to the BBC Russian Service and the Mediazona news website, which maintain a tally of confirmed Russian soldier
fatalities.Following the Kursk incursion, State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulev confirmed that conscript soldiers were engaged in combat, a
Relatives of conscript soldiers also told the Ostorozhno Novosti Telegram channel that conscripts from the 80th Motor Rifle Division in the
one of the problems is the fact that military units are mixed and consist of conscripts, contract soldiers and mobilized personnel, which
makes it very difficult for the command to separate conscripts from contract soldiers.The United States think tank The Institute for the
said.While the deployment of conscripts to combat zones is not officially prohibited, the fact that conscripts are not sent to the front
for conscripts and [the situation in Kursk] is unlikely to lead to any significant changes [regarding their service]," he added.
