Russia Scrambles To Recruit Enough Men For Ukraine War. Now It’s Also Forcing Them.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [Unofficial]
July 2, 2026
Over more than four years of all-out war, Russia has used financial incentives, coercion, and threats to keep up the flow of men to fight in Ukraine. Now recruiters are increasingly forcing men to sign contracts to fight. That could be major problem for the Kremlin.
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