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Russia conscripts 150,000 troops as Ukraine says it needs more (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This doesn’t mean they’ll have 150,000 new troops, it means they’ll have 150,000 new job openings. They probably haven’t filled the other 300,000 conscriptions they listed ages ago.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago

It's literally the first sentence in the article...

Russia has finished drafting 150,000 conscripts into its military, its Defense Ministry said

Emphasis added.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, read yesterday that a bunch of Indians signed up for guard duty in Russia and are now on the front line where 13/15 of the non Russians in the company have been killled