CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto March 31, 2022 13:03:00
The armed forces. this is this twice annual call-up as i understand it. putin has said, of course, initially that conscripts wouldn't be part of this invasion, but how these troops could ultimately be used is a big question. >> yeah. >> well, i think it is. the russians say there is no conscript force in ukraine, but all indications are that is not correct. and there are a fair number of conscripts. and, look, in today's world as always a conscript fighting force is very difficult, these people are not there of their own free will, they are literally conscripted, they are brought in on a manda...
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