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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The Russian conscription semi annual cycle is April 1st. So at that time a ton of conscripts who were reaching the end of their 1 year of service are usually allowed to leave. I would expect that the Russian military will put a hold on that because I think annual 100,000 or more conscripts reach the end of their cycle. But in a time of war Russia has the option to extend their period.
As well, they are usually bringing in the new conscripts on April 1st and the first 6 months is their basic training. It would be interesting to know how many draftees simply failed to show up, or had a "note from their doctor, priest etc". Also it would be interesting to note how many of the I think October inductees had their basic training cut short so they could be sent to the meat grinder.
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So this new Putin draft is just part of the normal annual cycle and CNN is just reporting nothing? Or is this on top of the regular cycle?