Russian Conscripts Fight Contract Soldiers Trying To Steal Their Phones, Belongings

The Russian military is evidently still sorting out mobilization issues. 

It may or may not be a good sign for Russia that the new conscripts beat up the experienced soldiers. JL 

War Is Boring reports:

A mass brawl broke out between new recruits and established soldiers at a Russian army base near Moscow. “The newcomers were not welcomed there with bread and salt. On the contrary, the soldiers serving there demanded the newcomers’ clothes and cell phones.” The new recruits had the better of the ensuing brawl though and allegedly beat up the existing soldiers, so much so that around 20 of them locked themselves in a building and called police for help. The fight went on until police arrived. Both sides decided not to press charges.

A mass brawl has broken out between new recruits and established soldiers at a Russian army base near Moscow, media reports said on Monday.

The Kremlin’s call for more troops for the war on Ukraine have led many potential conscripts to try to flee Russia, while now tensions appear to have boiled over inside the armed forces themselves.

“The newcomers were not welcomed there with bread and salt. On the contrary, the soldiers serving there demanded the newcomers’ clothes and cell phones,” the Internet portal Baza reported.

The new recruits had the better of the ensuing brawl though and allegedly beat up the existing soldiers, so much so that around 20 of them locked themselves in a building and called police for help.

The fight went on until police arrived. Both sides decided not to press charges.