Putin keeps sending conscripts to war - intelligence
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Telegram.
“It has been established that conscripts are involved in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine as part of the 217th Airborne Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division (based in Ivanovo). Currently, the 98th Division of the occupiers is taking part in hostilities in Kharkiv region," the statement reads.
It is noted that recruits with the 8th Army of the Russian Army’s Southern Military District undergo a four-day drill, after which they get deployed to replenish the ranks of motorized infantry units in Ukraine.
In addition, it is reported that the Russian authorities force up to 40 Crimean medics on a free two-week deployment to the occupied territories of Donetsk region. The declared purpose of deployment is 'providing assistance’ on the ground.
