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2024-04-01 09:09:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C6E857A7336C710C6840178CB0DCECF53A8674610CAC0A8A5C61D155B013BDE8
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While - legally - the decreet appear the "normal" conscription for training and not combat duty, russia iself admitted conscripts were sent into combat since the first wave of invasion of Ukraine in febraury 2022 and every subsequent emergency or regular draft. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/09/europe/russia-conscripts-fighting-ukraine-intl/index.html https://www.dw.com/en/russia-admits-to-use-of-conscripts-in-ukraine-invasion-as-it-happened/a-61059223 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/russia-says-82000-conscripts-from-emergency-draft-already-in-ukraine https://news.usni.org/2023/09/13/putin-betting-on-massive-russian-conscript-surge-to-win-in-ukraine-expert-says
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