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​The UK Defense Intelligence: russia Expands Global South Recruitment, New Allies or Last Resort?

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russia ramps up efforts to recruit foreign fighters, seeking to sustain operations without further domestic mobilizations / Photo credit: National Resistance Center of Ukraine
russia ramps up efforts to recruit foreign fighters, seeking to sustain operations without further domestic mobilizations / Photo credit: National Resistance Center of Ukraine

russia ramps up efforts to recruit foreign fighters, seeking to sustain operations without further domestic mobilizations

The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported that russia has intensified attempts to recruit from several countries to fight in Ukraine. Efforts are focussed on several central African countries, the UK Defense Intelligence report.

This recruitment campaign is likely to replace russia’s significant battlefield losses and sustain offensive activity across the front.

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russia ramps up efforts to recruit foreign fighters, seeking to sustain operations without further domestic mobilizations Defense Express The UK Defense Intelligence: russia Expands Global South Recruitment, New Allies or Last Resort?
russia ramps up efforts to recruit foreign fighters, seeking to sustain operations without further domestic mobilizations / Photo credit: Military Africa

Russia is likely expanding its recruitment across the global south, to avoid additional mobilizations within russia itself. Previous mobilizations of russians resulted in a record labour shortage and the mass departure of skilled workers such as doctors and IT professionals.

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