Except again it isn’t. This routine conscription started after the Checnian Russian war to keep the nation prepared. The conscripts go through basic military training and then spend time in specialist training roles before returning back to civilian life.
They are never sent to the battlefronts.
The number in 2010 was over 500,000 for the year but in 2022 when the SMO started the annual number was 250,000, in 2023 was 260,000, in 2024 was 270,000 and 2025 will be 280,000. So not really much in the way of increases at all.
As a result of annual conscriptions over the years Russia now has 32 million men with military training and experience.
Could be useful if the clowns in Europe really are stupid enough to start a major European war over who gets to rule the Donbas.
And a reminder that when Russia ‘invaded’ Ukraine they used less than 200,000 troops which experts laughed at because to take over Ukraine they would need more than 1 million, while at the same time dismissing Russia’s explanation that 200,000 was enough to control the 4 eastern oblasts, which as it turned out, it was.
Once it became clear that Russia was in fact fighting NATO not just Ukraine Russia mobilised another 300,000 (the only mobilisation they have carried out since the start of the SMO) and set about building up their army total to just over 1 million through offering contracts to volunteers.
For reference Hitler tried and failed to take on Europe with 5 million men so really, until you see Russia heading towards those kinds of numbers I wouldn’t worry about Putin marching on Berlin.
And yet more fake news, turns out the new ADS-50 anti-drone air defence system installed at Munich airport doesn’t actually exist. Not sure what the point of the fake is but never mind.
In other news the Economist reports that 60% of the Russian refinery attacks are by Fire Point FP-1 drones which can reach targets 1,500km within Russia and have sophisticated software that has proved resistant to EW jamming.
The much talked about but not actually seen as yet Flamingo is actually a Fire Point FP-5 costing $500,000 and still only a few made every day says the Economist.
Meanwhile video of Russian fibre-optic controlled drones operating in central Kramatorsk. There are clearly still a lot of civilians there, presumably because the Ukraine army’s deep state map still shows the Russians a considerable distance away so expect a rather scrambled evacuation effort to start very soon.
And Ukraine releases documents claiming to be Russian official casualty figures. They say Russia is suffering just under 10,000 KIA a month which may be close to the truth.
Reminder that Russia is still recruiting volunteers at 30,000 to 40,000 a month.
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