The Kremlin calls mobilization talk “nonsense”—Zelenskyy says it has already begun, with North Korean reinforcements
The claim comes from Ukraine's military intelligence, which has tracked Russian preparations for a larger call-up for months.
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Poland arrests a Ukrainian suspected of a Russia-ordered plot to kill a weapons-industry figure—the bomb never went off
A phone-detonated device planted under the target's car failed, and the suspect fled across the border into a Polish cell.
Kenya and South Africa went first, and now Ghana accuses Russia of luring Ghanaians into war
The methods drawing foreigners toward the front range from bogus contracts to political intrigue across Africa.
Nearly 500 Africans recruited into Russia’s army have died, Ukraine says
Ukraine has identified almost 3,000 recruits from 37 countries, including 35 now held as prisoners of war.
From “easy money” to murder: Russia escalates recruitment of Ukrainians for terrorist attacks inside Ukraine, police warn
Russian handlers are targeting people through Telegram job and drug channels, fake SBU calls, personal relationships, and even minors, gradually turning recruits into disposable operatives.
“Small service can cost life imprisonment”: Ukraine warns against Russian Shahed-recording scheme
Russia is recruiting Ukrainian traitors through social media to record FM signals broadcast by Shahed drones.
Russia’s “BARS-33” campaign is offering Kherson men close-to-home service. Documentation reveals what actually happens
The discharge papers never get signed.
Kenya announces amnesty for citizens conscripted into Russia’s war – 160 still on the frontline
Nairobi secured a deal in Moscow to halt further conscription after 252 Kenyans were sent to Ukraine in six months.
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.
“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.