Newsweek

What Are Conscripts in Russia? Vladimir Putin Orders Over 100,000 More

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft amid its war with Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry ...
CNN

Putin promised poorly trained conscripts wouldn’t be sent to war. Now the front line has come to them

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a big promise when he launched his war on Ukraine: conscripts would not be involved in combat. But as Moscow struggles to contain Ukrainian advances deeper into ...
The New York Times

Russia’s Youngest Conscripts Unexpectedly See Combat Against Ukraine’s Invasion

The long-sacrosanct practice of keeping young Russian army conscripts off the front lines is eroding as the lack of troops in Russia’s Kursk region indicates a manpower shortage. By Neil MacFarquhar ...
Reuters

Insight: Conscripts sent to fight by pro-Russia Donbas get little training, old rifles, poor supplies

LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - Military conscripts in the Russian-backed Donbas region have been sent into front-line combat against Ukrainian troops with no training, little food and water, and ...
CNN

‘If war breaks out … I will just become cannon fodder:’ In Taiwan, ex-conscripts feel unprepared for potential China conflict

Rising concerns over increasingly aggressive military maneuvers by China have prompted Taiwan to extend the mandatory military service period most of its young men must serve. But former conscripts ...