All eligible russian men under the age of 30 are required to serve one year of military service. In March 2022, at the launch of the full-scale invasion Putin stated that conscripts would not be used in hostilities. But conscripts were deployed on operations in Kursk in August 2024, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
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Parents have voiced concerns that their sons have been sent to fight after serving less than four months. Over 12,000 people have signed an online petition asking russian leaders to remove conscripts from Kursk region. Mothers and wives of conscripts have protested about the deployment of their husbands and sons in Putin’s illegal war.
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