Despite huge manpower losses, how is Russia replenishing its military?
Moscow’s tactics, on the battlefield and domestically, are incentivising men to join and stick to the army.
| When President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ivan Chenin left his comfortable life as a student in Moscow to deliver aid as a volunteer to the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics of eastern Ukraine, which Russia now claims as its “new territories”. After returning from a trip to the occupied areas of Ukraine last year, Chenin jumped further into the fray, enlisting in the Thunder Cascade volunteer unit. Recommended Stories Putin optimistic about Russia-US relations as Trump threatens sanctions Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges Global South to pressure Russia to end war The Russian government restricts online activity further Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking nuclear plant, causing a fire “My duties included surveillance and reconnaissance of enemy territory. If a target was detected, I reported to the commander, after which we controlled it. Then the artillery or missile systems worked.” Chenin is one of nearly half a million people who took on a military career in Russia last year, whether as contract soldiers or members of volunteer units. While Ukraine struggles with manpower to the point that recruitment officers are accused of dubiously detaining young men off the street, Russia, for now, does not appear to have this problem. In March, Putin claimed at a meeting that Russia is recruiting new servicemen at twice the rate Ukraine is. Ukrainian officials in Kyiv said in April that the Russian military plans to increase its grouping in Ukraine by 150,000 soldiers this year. Earlier this month, the deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Vadym Skibitsky, stated that “the Russian Federation’s recruitment plans are being fulfilled by at least 105 to 110 percent each month”, putting it well on track to fulfil its quotas by the end of the year. |
Russia Under Drone Attack. When Is Enough, Enough? “Where is the Final Red Line…What is Next”. Peter Koenig
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| By Peter Koenig Global Research, June 11, 2025 Whoever thinks Ukraine had carried out these badly destructive drone attacks on her own, better think again. NATO-backing for these constant provocations is guaranteed. This does not mean though, they are US-supported. The latest such assaults were the most devastating so far – destroying or damaging dozens of Russian military aircraft. The exact extent of the damage may never be published. This happened about a week ago. Russia has not (yet) reacted. President Putin wants to avoid a world war. It is uncertain what form a WWIII would take – full nuclear, tactical nuclear, or state of the art conventional with results as devastating as nuclear – but without the radiation? Read the whole article Who remotely Controls the Kiev Drones directed against Russia’s Strategic Airfields? Manlio Dinucci Video: US-NATO Sponsored Attack against Russia. Drago Bosnic and Michel Chossudovsky Bosnic and Michel ChossudovskyJun 7, 2025 Related articlesCan Reality Any Longer be Acknowledged? “The Attack on Russia’s Strategic Forces”. Dr. Paul C. Roberts “100 Percent Sure” CIA Had Some Involvement in Massive Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russian Airfields. Former CIA Analyst Germany Becomes Instigator of World War for the Third Time European Proposal to Send Troops to Ukraine Allegedly ‘Almost Dead’ |
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