FILE PHOTO: Contracted military servicemen board a bus at the assembly point in Volgograd, Russia, May 23, 2023 © Sputnik / Kirill Braga
RT: Defense Ministry reveals number of Russians volunteering for army
Over 13,500 servicemen have signed up for contract service in just 10 days
Russia's Defense Ministry has praised the growing “consolidation” among the population, reporting a significant increase in the number of people willing to join the army and volunteer units amid the conflict with Ukraine.
“In just ten days of the current month, 13,644 people have signed up for contract service,” Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov said during a special briefing on Saturday. “This is 2.1 times more than in the same period of May this year, and 3.1 times higher than in April.”
Last month, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s National Security Council, claimed that some 117,400 people had volunteered to join the army since January.
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WNU Editor: I find this number to be very low for a country that is fighting (according to the Kremlin) a war for its existence.
1 comment:
I find the word volunteer in Russia ridiculous
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