Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine
Russia offers high bonuses, accelerated citizenship, and open-ended contracts to prisoners and foreigners to meet troop demands amid a slowing economy, with 400,000 contracts signed last year.
- Russia is offering cash bonuses and releasing prisoners to recruit troops for the ongoing war in Ukraine as an alternative to mobilization.
- Criminals in Russia view enlistment as a way to escape prison conditions and gain freedom.
- Men from South Asian countries, such as India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, report being misled by recruiters into enlisting for combat.
- Despite claims of voluntary enlistment, reports indicate that conscripts are often coerced into contracts that deploy them to the battlefield.
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Zeki and foreign mercenaries are the main resources of the Kremlin army.
After nearly four years of war in Ukraine, Putin is employing multiple strategies to recruit new soldiers and revitalize his forces; this action aims to avoid an unpopular national mobilization.
Russia Offers Cash Bonuses, Frees Prisoners and Lures Foreigners To Replenish Its Troops in Ukraine | 🌎 LatestLY
All they have to do is sign a contract to fight in Ukraine. As Russia seeks to replenish its forces in nearly four years of war — and avoid an unpopular nationwide mobilization — it's pulling out all the stops to find new troops to send into the battlefield. 🌎 Russia Offers Cash Bonuses, Frees Prisoners and Lures Foreigners To Replenish Its Troops in Ukraine.
Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine
Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russia Offers Cash Bonuses, Frees Prisoners And Lures Foreigners To Replenish Its Troops In Ukraine – 710am KURV
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press For average wage earners in Russia, it’s a big payday. For criminals seeking to escape the harsh conditions and abuse in prison, it’s a chance at freedom. For immigrants hoping for a better life, it’s a simplified path to citizenship. All they have to do is sign a contract to fight in Ukraine. As Russia seeks to replenish its forces in nearly four years of war — and avoid an unpopular nationwide mobilization …
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