Some Russian troops are surrendering to Ukrainian forces without a fight as morale

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The official said many among Russia's military are young draftees who have never faced combat.
Some Russian troops have been surrendering to Ukrainian forces "without a fight" as morale drops amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, a US senior defense official told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday.

The US official said that there has been evidence "of a certain risk averse behavior by the Russian military," in the last six days since Russia launched its attack on the eastern European country,

You've seen it on the ground, where units are surrendering, sometimes without a fight," the official said, according to the news outlet.

The official said that many among Russia's military are young draftees who have never faced combat.

"And they've got, a lot of these soldiers are conscripts, never been in combat before, some of whom we believe weren't even told they were going to be in combat," the US official said, according to CNN. "So we're just seeing evidence of a bit of risk aversion."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...ale-drops-us-defense-official-says/ar-AAUtEiP
 
The Russian military has continued to use conscription as its means to fill the ranks as it has done for decades. Conscription is an annual event where eligible men are inducted into the military for two years of service. This hasn't changed post-Soviet Union.

See:

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2009/R1513.1.pdf

Anyway, the conscripts are poorly motivated and rarely remain in the military past their two years of service (navy is three years and voluntary). They are taught their job, which is usually limited in scope, mostly by rote with little actual hands-on time actually using their gear in a realistic training environment.
 
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