Russia’s Dwindling Manpower in Ukraine Spurs Recruitment Drive

WSJ ^ | 26-AUG-2022 | Ann M. Simmons

[SpeedyInTexas]

Ads urge Russians to sign up for military service as authorities turn to prisoners and mercenaries to grow ranks.

The Kremlin has embarked on a nationwide drive to recruit new military personnel as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to regain the offensive in Ukraine and replenish some of the estimated thousands of soldiers lost in Russia’s war effort.

Six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow’s military has lost much of what momentum it had but has chosen not to take the politically risky decision to declare a national mobilization.

[AlaskaErik]

Other than the prisoners could just leave.

Those crafty Russians also considered that possibility during the Great Patriotic War. That's why they had blocking battalions. Either you charged against the Germans or you're summarily executed by the blocking battalions if you take one step back. No reason they couldn't revive them.

Note: Blocking battalions were used against all Russian soldiers, not just those in penal battalions.

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[discostu]

Being invaded is a different situation than invading. Also it was the Great Patriotic War. This one is just expansion. And with modern communications, a prisoner brigade could easily call the other side, and that “charge” could quickly turn into “join”.