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The kremlin promised that conscripts wouldn't be sent to ukraine, but her sons were deployed close to the border. when russia invaded, she lost contact with them. translation: for me, time stopped. - i couldn't eat, i couldn't drink. i messaged mothers of other conscripts from the same unit. many of them had lost contact with their children too. i got into the car and started searching for my sons. on the phone, one of their commanders insisted they were on military exercises in the fields. i said, i've driven round all the fields where there are exercises, they are not there. please don't lie...

A different story. marina — not her real name — has agreed to tell me her story. two of her sons are conscripts. the kremlin promised that conscripts wouldn't be sent to ukraine, but her sons were deployed close to the border. when russia invaded, she lost contact with them. translation: for me, time stopped. - i couldn't eat, i couldn't drink. i messaged mothers of other conscripts from the same unit. many of them had lost contact with their children too. i got into the car and started searching for my sons. on the phone, one of their commanders insisted they were on military exercises in...

With the russians attacking more than a0 towns and storming ukrainian positions in several areas. among the russian forces in the region are two brothers, whose mother has spoken to the bbc, claiming they were conscripts, despite president putin's assurance that only professional soldiers have been deployed. she spoke to our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this is how moscow portrays its soldiers in ukraine — as professionals. but away from the official images, some here tell a different story. marina — not her real name — has agreed to tell me her story. two of her sons are conscripts. ...

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...