They can be used under defined circumstances but there are all kinds of limitations. I found this on a site called understandingwar.org.
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New conscripts undergo a one- to two-month basic training, followed by three-to-six months of advanced training before arriving at their assigned units.Current law precludes conscripts from deploying to combat with less than four months of training; however, martial law or general mobilization could supersede the current policy, allowing for the immediate employment of new conscripts or mobilized reservists. Some of the fall 2021 conscripts are likely already serving in units fighting in Ukraine. The rapid employment of relatively untrained reservists is unlikely to materially increase Russia’s combat power in Ukraine.
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