• EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    What army will Russia have in 5 years? Seems they’re done conscripting civilians, they’re halfway through the prisoners being conscripted.

    I’ll kind of be surprised if Russia’s still a nation in 5 years. Putin may have put dtRump in office in the US to destroy democracy, but he’s doing a fairly monumental job of destroying Russia himself.

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      2 days ago

      Putin just passed a decree that the active reserve can be used for counterterrorist action outside of the federation. This unlocks 5 million reservists. Whether his economy will be able to sustain this army after being stripped of 5 million workers, though?

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      3 days ago

      they’re done conscripting civilians

      Volunteers. They can only do conscripting for official wars. As we know, Russia officially calls it a special military operation.

      Putin may have put dtRump in office in the US

      The US was beaten at their own game? Where is the impeachment organised by the billionaires who are not in Russia’s pocket?

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        3 days ago

        Russia has done large scale conscription, but it was extremely unpopular. As in a lot of young Russians left the country.

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          2 days ago

          What army will Russia have in 5 years? Seems they’re done conscripting civilians

          OP must have meant conscrips for Ukraine.* You are right, there are conscripts. But they are not done because they are conscripted every year.

          * the war in Ukraine