The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the Kremlin is pressing a growing number of Russian men into military service for the war in Ukraine. How large the recruitment push has become is not clear from the reporting available to Bota.
Russia has needed a steady flow of soldiers for its war in Ukraine, launched in February 2022. The Kremlin depends on filling the ranks without an unpopular general mobilisation, which puts it against Russian men who do not want to serve.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the Kremlin is bullying a growing number of Russian men into military service for the war in Ukraine. The scale of the recruitment drive is not given in the summary available to Bota.