I’ve seen Ukraine supporters claiming the Russia is conscripting anti-war protesters. The only sources I’ve seen for this are western, and the statement on the partial mobilization clarifies that it’s a mobilization strictly of already enlisted military personnel.
I highly doubt it’s true, but if anyone has sources or knows more about this I’d like to better understand it.
this is hearsay, but most of the protesters they arrested do not qualify for conscription
Interesting thing about conscription: No matter how desperarte an army gets, there is a laundry list of things that a person needs to go through before they can get shipped off to a warzone. Otherwise you’re just making your forces weaker.