Moscow has launched an aggressive military recruitment campaign complete with videos and ubiquitous billboards as Kyiv gears up for a counter-offensive after months of stalemate in eastern Ukraine.
"Did you really dream of being this kind of defender?" the footage released by the Russian defence ministry says.
"Our job is defending the motherland," reads one of the billboards in the capital, showing three soldiers under a big blue sky.Last September, President Vladimir Putin announced a"partial" military mobilisation — Russia's first since World War II — sending shockwaves across the country and prompting tens of thousands to flee.
Those who sign a contract with the Russian defence ministry are promised a monthly salary of at least 204,000 rubles . "This makes sense: if a person defends his motherland, why shouldn't he get paid?" Mr Lipka said, adding that signing a contract was better than being mobilised. He said recruitment officers first turned him away, pointing to his age."Then they told me: 'Wait. You can get a call at any moment'," he told AFP in central Moscow."I am ready."
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