Budanov: Russia recruited 403,000 soldiers in 2025, will aim higher next year
Contract soldiers remain main manpower source as Kremlin raises payments to fill ranks.
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“Corrupt and ruthless” Russian agents deceived Kenyans into fighting in Ukraine – Nairobi
Moscow's recruiters used "falsified information" and fake job contracts to lure Kenyan citizens into military service, with agents masquerading as Russian government officials.
Russia’s war math: at this pace, full occupation of Ukraine would take 103 years, The Economist says
Despite relentless assaults since May, Russia failed to seize Pokrovsk or any major city on the eastern front.
Russia’s war needs bodies: Kenyan recruits rescued before being shipped to Ukraine frontline
A multi-agency raid near Nairobi exposed a recruitment scheme using fake Moscow job offers to funnel men to the front.
Russia recruits 280,000 soldiers in 2025 through financial incentives, propaganda – Ukraine’s military intelligence
Moscow recruits approximately 35,000 contract servicemen monthly, maintaining troop levels despite heavy battlefield casualties, Ukrainian intelligence reports.