Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced a partial mobilization of troops to help support the ongoing war with Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials recently described how to spot Russia's newly mobilized troops on the battlefield, pointing out differences in equipment from the more seasoned troops who have been fighting in Ukraine since the war began in February.
According to the translated post, the AK-12 has been used in Ukraine during the war, however, the post claimed it had not met expectations and that after some time, the Russian military switched to an older model of the rifle. Soldiers from Ukraine's 5th Regiment of Assault Infantry react after firing a U.S.-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions less than 800 meters away at a front line near Toretsk in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022. On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that they noticed Russia's"young replenishments" arriving on the battle field.
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