Fact Check — Are Russian Conscripts in Ukraine Using Rifles from WWI?

We’re officially 100 days into #putinsfolly and Russia controls approximately 20% of Ukrainian territory.

But most important, Ukraine is still in the fight 97 days after Putin expected to end his planned three-day conquest.

In April, several reputable news sources, like Reuters and the American veteran-favorite news site SOFREP, reported that Russian conscripts in the Donbas were carrying a rifle known in the West as Mosin–Nagant, and in Russia simply as “Mosin’s rifle.”