Putin to boost Russian troop casualties by 15%.
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The defence ministry said the move was a response to an increase in threats, including from the expansion of Nato.
Ah yes, bravely defending their nation by invading someone else.
Reminder that NATO will only be expanding in response to this naked aggression by Russia and its illegal invasion of Ukraine.
He should probably stop trying to take Avdiivka then. At this rate, there's only going to be 15% of his army left by the end of the winter.
Sush! Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake π
They're not going to run out of meat to throw into the grinder anytime soon.
The Russian defence ministry statement posted on the Kremlin's website said the numbers would be increased gradually through a recruitment drive, and not by mobilisation or changes to conscription.
That's gonna be expensive, given that you've already offered pay well in excess of what the typical Russian salary is, and still weren't able to attract all the people that haven't signed up.
Dead meat don't has to be paid. Most of them have to buy their own equipment too.
Dead meat don't has to be paid.
The risk of death is something that prospective recruits are gonna take into account; that's on both sides of the equation. Russia was offering death benefits before, and I expect that that hasn't changed.
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From middle of last year:
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/07/18/their-first-trip-will-be-to-the-cemetery
The Russia-1 story didnβt specify how much money the family received in compensation for their sonβs death, but according to Russian law, deceased soldiersβ relatives are entitled to a one-time payment and insurance coverage worth 7.4 million rubles (about $127,000). In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that victimsβ families would be paid an additional five million rubles (about $86,000). Regional governments also issue families separate payments ranging from one million to three million rubles (approximately $17,000 to $51,000).
What the war criminal announces and what his mafia actually does are two very different things.
Meaning many relatives just don't get paid.
That's possible -- Russia could default on payments to veterans -- but if it does so, there are going to be domestic political risks that the Kremlin is going to have to deal with.
My guess is that if Russia is going to burn someone, the survivors of veterans won't be at the top of the list.
Also problematic if the Kremlin intends to fight any other wars in the near future -- if they don't honor promises made now, it's going to make it harder to get people onboard in the next conflict.
Spoken like someone from a state of law. That's not what reality in Russia looks like. If the mafia doesn't pay you, you don't cause trouble for the mafia.
Death benefits are a sack of onions or some shit. They aren't even paying their living soldiers wages. Also, they are not even dead, just missing, when they leave them in Ukraine.
Yeah, but ~~trauma medicine~~tampons aren't that expensive.
You can save that money because tampons are not going to do jack shit for your bullet wounds.
Yeah but thinking it'll help makes Boris charge the trenches, and then you don't have to pay them at all.
Fuck russia. More dead blyats.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The defence ministry said the move was a response to an increase in threats, including from the expansion of Nato.
Russia is thought to have sustained heavy casualties in more than a year-and-a-half of fighting in Ukraine, even though it does not release figures.
The Russian defence ministry statement posted on the Kremlin's website said the numbers would be increased gradually through a recruitment drive, and not by mobilisation or changes to conscription.
"The increase in the number of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is being implemented in stages, based on citizens who express a desire to undergo military service under a contract," it added.
Nato has recently expanded to include Finland, which has a long border with Russia.
Earlier on Thursday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for reinforcements and stronger defences along the front line with Russia, as temperatures in the region fall below freezing.
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