Russia can’t find soldiers. So Putin changed the rules | Break the Fake

Putin appears to have found a new solution to Russia’s growing military manpower crisis: recruit people who were previously considered completely unfit to serve.

Vladimir Putin has endorsed a proposal to use “Category D” draftees – people removed from military registration because of serious medical conditions. In other words, Russia’s recruitment strategy appears to be moving from “Who wants to fight?” to “Who is still available?” The proposal comes as Russia continues to suffer enormous personnel losses in Ukraine, while recruitment struggles to keep pace with casualties. Instead of addressing the consequences of the war, the Kremlin appears increasingly willing to expand the pool of people it can use to support its military machine.

Join the new episode of Break The Fake with Benjamin Lee to see how Russia’s manpower crisis has reached a new level – and why the country once boasting about having the world’s “second army” is now looking toward people it previously declared unfit to serve.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Russia considers seriously disabled for military support roles
04:25 Water in occupied Donetsk in limited supply and unfit for use
05:55 Kremlin TV calls for genocide in territories Russia claims it wants to liberate
08:16 Russia continues to expand financial and digital surveillance of citizens

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