Hubi@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoRussia just accidentally admitted to its staggering troop losses in Ukrainekyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down111
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minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·6 days agoI was under the impression that many were outright forced to fight, as opposed to signing up.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·6 days agoNope, by law Russia cannot use conscripts outside their own borders. All of them signed a contract to be there.
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoRussia also has the warped idea that Ukraine is part of Russia and they’re reclaiming it, so who really knows whether any law is being honored.
minus-squarejaxxed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoLegally true, but there is of course plenty of coersion.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoLearn something new every day
I was under the impression that many were outright forced to fight, as opposed to signing up.
Nope, by law Russia cannot use conscripts outside their own borders. All of them signed a contract to be there.
Russia also has the warped idea that Ukraine is part of Russia and they’re reclaiming it, so who really knows whether any law is being honored.
Legally true, but there is of course plenty of coersion.
Learn something new every day