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Mosko: It’s been 16 days since the attack on Ukraine. The Ukraine (Russia-Ukraine War) army is responding firmly to Russia’s attacks. Putin’s army of about two and a half lakhs is also terribly tired of fighting and the pace of their attack has slowed down. Russian President Vladimir Putin is deeply concerned about this and has opened compulsory army recruitment. Under this, there will be one lakh new recruitments for Ukraine. The rules for compulsory recruitment in the army have been made more strict.
According to the report of the Russian Times, in the midst of the ongoing war with Ukraine, now in Russia, people between the ages of 18 and 27 will have to compulsorily join the army. They have to serve at least two years. Those who do not participate in the recruitment will be punished with imprisonment from two years to four years. First, a letter will be sent from the Russian army to the deserving youth, if they do not come within two weeks, they will be thrown in jail. There will be one lakh new recruitments till April 1.
Many civilians caught
Ukraine has captured many Russians during the war who are not regular soldiers of the Russian army. Videos of many such people caught have been made viral by the Ukrainian Army. At the beginning of the war, the Russian army had announced not to engage soldiers with compulsory military service in the war, but now Russia has accepted the involvement of such soldiers in the war.
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War going on since February 24
On February 24, Russia announced a special operation in Ukraine. Since then, the Russian army bombarded many cities of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin himself said that Donetsk and Lugansk have sought military help from his country to respond to the attacks of Ukrainian forces. After which he put his army in a direct fight in the Donbas region. However, the Russian army began to attack not only eastern Ukraine but also western Ukraine.
A large number of Russian soldiers claimed to have been killed
The report claimed that Russia did not expect such strong resistance in Ukraine. Initially, Russian forces targeted Ukrainian targets with airstrikes. Later he had to face tremendous retaliation from Ukraine. However, it is very difficult to ascertain the reliable number of casualties on both sides in this war. Despite this, Ukraine believes that Russia has lost 12,000 soldiers in 14 days. European intelligence agencies are giving this number between 6000 and 9000. At the same time, the figure for America is around 3000.