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Originally Posted by FlameOn
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?
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April 1st is their normal cycle. Usually the Spring consciption has a quota of about 160,000 young men between 18 and 25. The Fall session is usually the same size or slightly larger.
Putin's announcement might mean either they increase the consciption to about 300k, which sounds impossible because they don't have the training cadre and infrastructure to possibly train that many new recuits at a time. They could also simply be jamming the full years conscription into the spring draft and reducing the fall intake.
The ultimate goal of the annual two cycle is to conscript 400k all together to replace the 400,000 that are leaving as their mandatory service is up.
I also wouldn't be surprised if the training cycle for the spring induction is reduced from the theoretical 6 months down to half that. That would actually be the real story that gives insight to the level of losses.