Russia's not using press gangs. Let's not start engaging in "bothsides"-ism when Russia's not doing anything comparable to what Ukraine is. Ukraine has gangs of 4 armed men who show up and literally kidnap men off the streets or out of university classes at gunpoint, toss them in vans, and take them to the front. They throw them into combat with brand new NATO hand-me-downs and minimal training, and of course, they end up as you'd expect.
Yes, the Russians had a wave of conscription, but they had so many volunteers, they didn't chase the ones who didn't show up or who made up some excuse. You don't want men like those serving anyway. Weak men who don't want to fight get other good men killed.
Russia's not using press gangs. Let's not start engaging in "bothsides"-ism when Russia's not doing anything comparable to what Ukraine is. Ukraine has gangs of 4 armed men who show up and literally kidnap men off the streets or out of university classes at gunpoint, toss them in vans, and take them to the front. They throw them into combat with brand new NATO hand-me-downs and minimal training, and of course, they end up as you'd expect.
Yes, the Russians had a wave of conscription, but they had so many volunteers, they didn't chase the ones who didn't show up or who made up some excuse. You don't want men like those serving anyway. Weak men who don't want to fight get other good men killed.