"Putin Orders 150,000 Conscripts as Ukraine's Army Chief Issues Warning"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered 150,000 conscripts into military service, raising concerns amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Compulsory military service has long been a sensitive issue in Russia, and the Defense Ministry has assured conscripts they would not be sent to the front in Ukraine. However, the ministry has also released trained soldiers from service, giving them the option to volunteer for service in Ukraine. Casualties mount in Russia's war in Ukraine, with the UK Ministry of Defense estimating 355,000 Russian personnel killed and wounded since the invasion, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action.