Dedicated Issues··Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 1:41 PM

Russians describe forced & deceptive military recruitments

Russia denies it’s preparing for a new mass mobilization as battlefield losses mount, maintaining it only sends volunteers to fight in Ukraine. But CNN’s Clare Sebastian has exchanged messages with a number of Russians who say their relatives were forced or deceived into joining the military, and human rights groups speak of a sharp rise

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