Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-ordered-conscript-160000-more-russians-army-spring/

40 comments

  1. The real question is how many of those are from St. Petersburg or Moscow.

  2. Imagine being trapped in Russia with this freak in charge.

    More meat for the grinder..

  3. Turned out to be a VERY special military operation…

  4. Yea, Donald, your KGB handler seems totally up for a ceasefire.

  5. I’m so sure that will make the whole thing so much more popular in Russia…

  6. Is this another ‘partial mobilization’? The article seems to suggest so, but this story isn’t showing anywhere else, and the last time he did that, hundreds of thousands fled, so you would expect it to be pretty big news.

  8. Ah yes he’s so committed to peace. Peace. So much Peace. He really wants to stop the killing doesn’t he.

  9. It’s annual conscription, quite unrelated to war in Ukraine

  10. Imagine being a young male just trying to live your life and then you get told it’s time to die.

    And the reason you’re gonna die is because Putin wants to try to take over another country

    that’s it

    you’re gonna die because he’s greedy.

    Your country is not under attack.

    You’re not defending your homeland.

    You’re just gonna die for no reason.

  11. Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne! But instead of aiming it at their enemies, its their own forces.

  12. Russian here. This article is just another nothingburger. Putin has signed an bi-annual conscription decree – same decree he has been signing for last 20+ years.

    He is NOT signing a mobilisation notice and those 160 000 are not being sent to frontline.

    Conscription in general doesn’t mean being sent to Ukraine like at all. Will some of conscripted get pressured into a signing a contract and then be sent? Yes, that might happen.

  13. This is just the spring conscription order. They do this twice per year each year.

  14. this is the normal conscription for military service, has nothing to with ukraine

  15. He’s throwing away Russians like they’re worthless.

  16. man more meat for the grinder? how many escaped before being grabbed by police for conscription?

    they are on a speed run for total economic collapse unless they end this shit soon.

  19. The old ladies with the head scarfs must be next in line

  20. Captain Obvious reports that the link to Interfax, which is given in the article, is about the usual conscription for military service. And this order has been issued twice a year for the last hundred years.

    However, if the article begins with the words “Ukraine has warned”, then it is already clear that 100% there will be bullshit further on.

    Those who sympathize with Ukraine can start downvoting, but this will not change the stupidity of the article. Sry.

  23. I been saying this a long time. We need to support ukraine for as long as it takes. Putin is gone in 20 years and we should not give up.

  25. There is nothing new. That’s just a normal conscription campaign that runs two times in a year. These people are conscripted to the army, but not to the war. To send them to war, they need to sign the contract. There are occurrences, when these conscripts are forced to sign these contracts, but that still is not normal.

  26. Ахаха, очередной весенний призыв для прохождения срочной службы. Но главное подать новость правильно)

  27. Guys, I’m not trying to defend Russian politics here, but it’s literally not true. In source it says nothing abouth war. It’s a document about conscription. It’s carried out like twice a year. And I’m not talking about [politico.eu](http://politico.eu) source, they made a mistake too. Check the initial post that [politico.eu](http://politico.eu) refers

  28. Is this renewal of the bi-annual conscription or is this new mobilization? I’m guessing the former.

  29. This article is at best case misleading, and in the worst case outright lying. This conscription is part of the 2x yearly callup for conscripts that undergo a compulsory 1 year of army service that every Russian male has to do with some exceptions. Most of these conscripts do not come anywhere near the war, unless they were lucky enough to be stationed in Kursk and got captured. None of these conscripts have actually fought in Ukraine during their call-up. However, many are pressured or outright forced to sign a contract when their conscription period is up.

    Currently, the Russian army that’s actually fighting the war relies on contract soldiers, and this pays more than what most of these people can get at any job, if they live to collect. This 160k has very little to do with the actual war. You’d think that after 3 years of this awful war, “journalists” that are covering it would know the difference.

  31. Bro just fucking give it up already. Stop trying to make ~~fetch~~ the annexation of Ukraine happen

  33. At current rates, they’ll all be casualties in about 120 days.

  34. Isn’t this just the twice a year regular draft? New people are called up and the same number from the previous year are sent home. Most of these conscripts serve inside Russia while contract soldiers are sent to Ukraine.

  36. Yes because wiping out an entire generation of ones society is the answer.

  37. Any of those “the left are such warmongers now!” people here calling this warmongering?

    Anyone?

    Even one?

    No?

    Ok.

  38. So is Trump the Russian asset going to finally realize that his master never wanted real peace? Only more of Ukraine

    People need to wake the fuck up and fully support Ukraine’s military in every facet possible. Because it won’t stop after Ukraine

  39. Soooo, is this basically Putin’s last push before he dies? Is he trying to fuck the world before he’s dead? Because that’s what it feels like. Much like Trump, they are both older, and rumors are that Putin has cancer. Trump has pudding for brains, and he’s basically doing the same fucking thing.

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