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Russia Boosts Recruitment Amid Rising Battlefield Casualties
10/11/2025
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Story summary
- Russia intensified its recruitment in 2025 amid rising battlefield losses.
- Recruitment ads rose more than 40% and promoted non-combat roles as safer.
- By July 2025, 20% of ads carried phrases promising "safe service."
- Regional authorities cut enlistment bonuses, with Tatarstan reducing payments from 3.1 million rubles to 800,000 rubles.
- Between April and June 2025, 37,900 new contracts were signed, the lowest in two years.
