The ad invites men to sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry for a monthly salary starting at S$3,328. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW – The Russian military has launched a video campaign to lure more professional soldiers to fight in Ukraine, challenging those interested to show they are “a real man” and swop what it casts as hum-drum civilian life for the battlefield.
The ad, which invites men to sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry for a salary starting at 204,000 roubles a month, shows a man in supermarket dressed in military uniform holding a heavy machine gun. He is then shown in the uniform of a security guard with the question:Next in the video, a man is walking through the fog with other soldiers on what looks like a battlefield. He is then shown as a gym instructor helping a client lift weights.
which prompted tens of thousands of Russian men to flee the country to avoid being drafted, the authorities are playing down the possibility of a second mobilisation call – despite a move to introduce electronic call up papers to clamp down on draft dodgers – and are seeking to recruit volunteers instead.
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