Moscow relies on a crude strategy to lure soldiers

After numerous casualties during the attack on Ukraine, Russia is using the video to try to recruit fighters for the war. The propaganda tactic seems to be to deny non-soldiers their manhood. After all, from the Kremlin’s point of view, only those drafted into the army are real men.

The action-style clip shows a security guard at a supermarket, a trainer at the gym, and a taxi driver transforming into uniformed soldiers. The video directly questions whether the men are serving their country in the right place. “After all, you are human! Become one now!“- says the 46-second video. “Serve for contract!‘ is the invitation.

Volunteers are promised a monthly salary of 204,000 rubles, proper training and social guarantees. Men can register directly on the hotline. There are registration points for volunteers throughout the country, writes n-tv.

The promises are at odds with many other videos in which soldiers repeatedly complain about poor equipment, leadership and treatment. More recently, Wagner’s Russian private army also wrote that it was recruiting volunteers to serve in the war zone with a pay of 240,000 rubles a month. In case of success, bonuses are also promised. The head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has also set up recruiting centers across the country.

According to Ukrainian data, more than 185,000 Russian soldiers have already lost their lives in the attack on the country. It is said that over time it becomes more and more difficult to recruit militants, including in Ukraine. This is likely one reason why Moscow is resorting to unusual measures: the TASS propaganda agency recently reported that facial recognition cameras, which are widely used in the capital, are being used to locate conscripts.

Recall that the losses of the enemy per day were named: almost 700 invaders, 10 drones and a downed “death star”.