Russian troops increase recruitment as steep casualties thin the ranks
Moscow is wary of ordering general mobilization, and the military is offering perks and pressure.
Russia is scrambling to recruit men to fight in Ukraine after heavy losses have thinned the army in the early months of the war and some soldiers have not been fascinated.
Kremlin has so far refused to order the general mobilization of draft-era soldiers. This is because it indicates that the war is not as advanced as depicted in the Russian media and may stir up grassroots resistance to military operations.
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Instead, the military has embarked on a campaign to cold-call qualified men and expand the ranks of active soldiers who voluntarily signed contracts by attempting to reactivate the reserve army.
“These efforts represent a form of shadow mobilization. These are fragmentary efforts that allow Russian troops to sustain themselves in the war, but with a fundamental shortage of human resources. Has not addressed, “Michael Coffman, Russian Research Director at CNA, a Virginia think tank, wrote in a recent analysis.
Just weeks after the February 24 invasion, the online recruitment site has thousands of positions offered by the Department of Defense looking for service members of all kinds, from anti-tank grenades to drivers and reconnaissance snipers. Started advertising. The list originally reported by the BBC Russia service will be reissued or updated every few days.
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In a recruitment ad posted in Lost Huondon, just a few hundred miles from Ukraine, a deep voice said: No, go beyond the limits, are you ready to break yourself every day? Action-packed ads continue. “You decide to prove yourself something. If you don’t have an enemy, you have no fight, and if you don’t have a fight, you have no victory, so you’re trying to find an enemy in every shadow.”
Earlier this month in St. Petersburg, a bulging figure of a smiling and uniformed officer waved at a passerby and invited him to an enlistment office to learn more about the benefits of serving in a professional army. In Petersburg, the recruitment effort was particularly clear.
Job information and recruitment leaflets provide a modest base salary that can go up from $ 3,500 to 4,000 a month with bonuses. For example, daily combat incurs an additional charge of approximately $ 55. These amounts exceed Russia’s average salary of about $ 600 per month and, combined with low interest rate mortgages and various other subsidies, can be attractive, especially in a shrinking economy.
Russia is also implementing a spring draft aimed at convening approximately 130,000 men between the ages of 18 and 27 by mid-July. By law, conscripts cannot be sent into combat without at least four months of training, and Kremlin has repeatedly vowed that conscripts will not be sent to Ukraine at all. However, there are at least two officially confirmed cases in which hundreds of inexperienced soldiers have reached the war zone.
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Nikita Juferev, a city council member in St. Petersburg, received such a call in late May. “[Caller] explained that her job was simply to call and notify.” They gave me a list. I call the residents of the district. Prescription age. “She said,” said Yuferev. The recruiter told Yuferev that she couldn’t disclose the proposed employment fees and other details over the phone, and she suggested that she come directly to the station.
“At the end of our conversation, she told me verbatim.” You need to think carefully before going to the promise. I haven’t convinced you. This is yours. It’s a huge decision in life, “Yufereff added.
Dmitry, who offered only his name for fear of retaliation, said he received a similar call from a recruiter in the Moscow region. An enthusiastic man asked if Dmitry was interested in a short-term contract of 3-6 months with a “competitive salary” and also invited him to the office.
Both Dmitry and Nikita declined the invitation, fearing they wouldn’t be able to go home if they went to the office.
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Human rights groups and lawyers working with the Russian Army have reported that the enlistment office has called reservations for “checks” and “updates of personal information” and is offering them contracts. “As far as I can see, the Department of Defense is taking advantage of the opportunity to call in reserve people to offer them contracts and then send them to war,” said Sergei Cribenko, director of “citizens.” say. army. The “law” human rights group said in an interview.
Vadim Shatrov signed a three-month contract in mid-May and was assigned to the 138th Electric Rifle Brigade in the Bergorodo region. “Two days have passed from the moment I came to the military enlistment office to ‘just ask’to the moment I was evacuated,” Chatrov wrote in his diary when he continued his telegram channel. I wrote that.
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Russian troops increase recruitment as steep casualties thin the ranks
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