The Ministry of Defense announced the end of the spring conscription "under pressure from foreign media."
The agency reported that 147 thousand people were called up for military service.
"Military enlistment office employees carried out the draft under pressure from foreign media outlets attempting to discredit the Russian Armed Forces," the ministry said in a statement.
President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin not once claimedthat conscripts would not participate in combat operations in Ukraine—in particular, he spoke about this immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion, in March 2022. Already in November, after the announcement of mobilization, he spoke about the same thing. говорил Shoigu. However, the chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov reported Vedomosti reported that conscripts could be sent to border areas.
In May 2023, the publication "7x7" found out, that conscripts are being sent to guard the border with Ukraine. According to them, at least seven conscripts have died since the beginning of the war.
In addition, conscripts were regularly sent to fight in Ukraine after conclusions contracts, that is, they were sent to the combat zone as contract soldiers.