"They don't understand the seriousness of it, they don't realize that they have to kill there and they themselves can die!"
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Mother says soldiers refused return to positions, now in Kursk
13/ A third mother, Yuliya, says that "the military prosecutor's office forced them to return to their positions, but the boys flatly refused. Now they are in Kursk, in a military unit."
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Mother: Conscript forced to return to front or face 7-year punishment battalion
10/ According to Tatyana, the mother of one conscript from Perm, "they took my son's phone, he called yesterday from someone else's number. He says they are forcing him to go back [to the front line] or go to a punishment battalion for 7 years."
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Conscripts in Kursk threatened with prison for refusing army contracts
9/ After some conscripts who were serving in Kursk were taken to a "safe place" by commanders after Ukrainian forces invaded, they are reportedly being threatened with long prison sentences if they do not sign contracts transferring them to the regular army.
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Conscripts sent to war despite promises
After all, the president himself always says that conscripts won't serve in the Special Military Operation zone. We're praying. However, conscripts who are already serving in the Kursk region are not only engaged in fighting but are being forced to go back into battle.
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Officially legal, but with a catch
"Officially, everything is legal," says Marina, the mother of a conscript. "The only thing is that there's a special operation underway on the territory of the Russian Federation now, and maybe the guys won't be sent there."
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Parents protest conscription to Kursk region amid ongoing conflict
6/ Parents are demanding that their sons not be sent to the Kursk region, where fighting is ongoing. However, although Russian law prohibits sending conscripts abroad, they are not prohibited from participating in conflict within Russia's territory, as at Kursk.
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Conscripts rushed to Kursk and Belgorod
The conscripts are being moved urgently due to the situation in Kursk. One man from Ufa was called up for military service in early June, but is being sent to Kursk without finishing his training. Another has served for only a month but is being sent to Belgorod soon.
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Ukraine Army: Russia’s Estimated Losses on Day 905 of the War
Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 905 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.
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Conscripts sent to Kursk and Belgorod to replace border defenders
3/ A similar "trip" is reportedly being organised in the Irkutsk region. Conscripts who were drafted in the spring of 2024 have told relatives that they will be sent to the Kursk and Belgorod regions to defend the border. They will replace conscripts who are already there.