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The Independent
Russia admits to sending 600 conscripts to fight in Ukraine
Lamiat Sabin
Wed, 8 June 2022 at 8:22 am·3-min read
Russian troops guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, in Kherson region of southern Ukraine (AP)
Russia has admitted to sending hundreds of conscripts to Ukraine after having denied that conscription had taken place.
Previously,
Vladimir Putin claimed that the Russian military will never deploy young men into the warzone that had been recently drafted into the army amid a shortage of troops.
Moscow had said that only professional soldiers and officers were fighting in the invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February.
But, on 9 March, a member of the Russian Federation Council said that Russia was sending conscripts to fight in Ukraine, and that only four members of a 100-unit company survived.
Two days prior,
Mr Putin told women in Russia that he would not send young male reservists and conscripts to war.
On Tuesday, Artur Yegiyev – military prosecutor of the Western District of Russia – told Russia’s upper house of parliament that
600 conscripts had been “mistakenly” sent to Ukraine.
He added that 12 officials, who he said had been responsible for the deployment of conscripts, are being put through a disciplinary process and could face dismissal.
The conscripts had “returned [to Russia] as soon as possible”, Mr Yegiyev also told the Federation Council.
Russia has stopped publishing statistics about how many of its soldiers have died in Ukraine, but estimates have run into the thousands.
Some associations representing mothers of Russian soldiers have raised concerns about conscripts being drafted to fight despite a lack of adequate training. All sides in the Ukraine conflict have systems of conscription, where young men are required by law to do military service.
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