Probably a better take. I guess it’s just my cynicism that tells me that if they are conscripting people to “undergo military training”, they are on their way to the front.
it just seems unlikely to me that anyone who they purport to send for military training is gonna wind up in Siberia to help out with local emergencies. I could be wrong. The verbiage does track your interpretation. But I also think there might be less opposition to conscription if people think there is a chance that they won’t wind up in the front lines. But since everything they say is usually a lie designed to get troops into the meat grinder, I’m suspicious that they’re telling the truth on this one.
Here’s the other thing I may be wrong on: I thought that Putin had previously gutted all of those agencies and sent most of those people to the front already. If they did realize they still need some help at home, then maybe they are replacing bodies already taken to the front with new conscripts.
As is apparent, I have zero expertise in this. But I would not want to be a Russian who is about to have successfully completed military training right now.