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(FOX NEWS) – Initial reporting on the deaths of conscripted Russian soldiers forced to fight in Ukraine following President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization order have renewed criticisms over Moscow’s lack of control and command, a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Thursday.
Russian state media reported that five mobilized men from Chelyabinsk, a city roughly 1,160 miles east of Moscow, have already died in combat, but according to the ISW, "pro-war milbloggers" suggest the casualty count is likely much higher.
Last month, Putin called up some 300,000 men to fight in Ukraine as his forces flagged there, but Western defense officials questioned how well-trained or equipped these men would be given the high casualty count among its contract soldiers.
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