Putin doubles down on wartime recruitment with street rounds and student incentives
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Russia is intensifying recruitment for its Ukraine war, including reports of police rounding up men and pressuring people to sign up, with quotas aimed at about 409,000 recruits this year. The drive targets students and drone units, and authorities reportedly use debt and legal troubles to coerce enlistment, as Moscow denies general mobilization. Kyiv warns of a significant autumn reserve call-up, and Moscow has reportedly looked to foreign manpower (North Korea, Africa, Cuba, Colombia) to plug battlefield losses.
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- Putin To Mobilise 5 Lakh Fighters Amid Fear Over His "Last Option": Report NDTV
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