2024-07-25 06:36:57
Kremlin master Vladimir Putin is struggling to recruit soldiers for his army as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its third year.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, introduced a one-time 1.9 million ruble (about 20,200,000 euros) bonus to city residents who joined the army, according to the announcement published on Tuesday.
Anyone who took advantage of this offer would earn as much as 5.2 million in their first year of service. rubles (about 55,300 euros), the statement added.
Those who want to join the fight in Ukraine can also receive one-off cash payments of around €5,250 to €10,500 “depending on the severity of their injuries”, while the family of a dead soldier can receive €31,500.
Until now, Russia has avoided mobilizing troops from big cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg to create the illusion in the public eye that the war is taking place far from home and to avoid its opposition. Instead, most men were recruited from the country’s provinces.
Although the number of Russian casualties remains shrouded in mystery, various estimates put the number of casualties among soldiers at a very high level. In May and June alone, more than 70,000 people were probably killed or injured. soldiers, July 12 in an updated statement, the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom said, as the Russian army suffered heavy losses on the new front in the Kharkiv region.
Russia is estimated to have lost 87 percent. of active-duty ground forces it had before the invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment submitted to Congress told CNN last December.
Social media is awash with drone videos showing Russian soldiers being killed or wounded in battles with Ukrainian defenders, which the soldiers call “meat grinders.” Ukrainian soldiers often say that they face “waves of people”. The Russian military leadership appears to tolerate casualties and attrition.
As more and more soldiers die, the Kremlin is looking everywhere for fighters to send to the front.
V. Putin ordered the country’s army to increase the number of soldiers by 170 thousand. A Kremlin decree issued in December would increase the total number of Russian military personnel to more than 2.2 million, including 1.32 million. soldiers
This is equivalent to increasing the size of the Russian military by 15 percent. and is the second such military expansion since the beginning of Putin’s invasion.
Initially, in 2022 September. after a series of defeats that led to accusations in Moscow, Putin ordered the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens. Mobilization meant that citizens who were reservists could be drafted into the army, while those with military experience were subject to conscription.
The conscription campaign has sparked fierce demonstrations — especially in Russia’s ethnic minority regions, where mobilization efforts have been concentrated — and spurred an exodus of military-age men fleeing the country to avoid conscription.
Although the mobilization campaign was suspended in 2022. in November, after officials stated that 300 thousand the goal of recruiting soldiers has been achieved, Russia is recruiting fighters outside its borders to fight in Ukraine.
Russia recruited even 15 thousand people to the war in Ukraine. of Nepalis, many of them are left traumatized and an unknown number are missing or possibly dead. A Nepali soldier interviewed by CNN said that Russian military academies for foreign fighters train recruits from Afghanistan, India, Congo and Egypt.
Prepared by CNN.
2024-07-25 06:36:57