Russia recruiting a new brigade of mercenaries to fight in Ukraine alongside the army, the BBC has

[Yorkie Mom]

Putin getting desperate.

Russia recruiting a new brigade of mercenaries to fight in Ukraine alongside the army, the BBC has learned.

Veterans of Wagner were contacted on Telegram & they were invited to a "picnic in Ukraine".

Criminals also welcomed.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60711211

[winetourdriver01]

1. Mercs

You can bet your ass they are not getting paid in Rubles. It's gonna be either gold or dollars..

[Irish_Dem]

2. On paper, Russia has a vast standing army, 1 million active duty and 2 million reservists.

So why does it need mercenaries?

Looking like the public numbers don't match reality.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Most are conscripts who only serve one year

That's not enough time to get up to snuff as a professional soldier.

[Irish_Dem]

6. This would make a very poorly trained army.

[Wingus Dingus]

3. Also why they're trying to drag in Belarus' sons.

Good luck with all that.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Isn't this what Governor Ptomaine did in Blazing Saddles?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Putin scrambling to find new recruits to send into Ukraine: report

The Russian army is not up to fighting a real war.

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According to a report from the Daily Beast's Shannon Vavra, officials at the Pentagon told reporters on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's desire to bring in foreign fighters to help with his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is not going well.....

“We are aware of recruiting efforts… in Syria,” the senior Pentagon official said for the record. “We haven’t seen indications that their recruiting efforts have borne fruit and resulted in the actual arrival of foreign fighters from that part of the world.”.....

The report adds that Russia has indicated they are sending their own reinforcements into the country, which the Pentagon also has doubts about.

“Nothing to speak to in terms of Russian reinforcements of themselves. We haven’t seen any indications, at least not tangible indications, that they are trying to plus up their manpower from elsewhere," they said with Vavra adding, "Putin's planning in general hasn’t been in tip-top shape, intelligence officials told lawmakers in briefings on Capitol Hill this week. Russia has suffered between 2,000 and 4,000 casualties in just a matter of weeks, according to analysis from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency shared with members of Congress. And for approximately a week now, a column of Russian forces has been stalling outside Kyiv, and have only made about five kilometers of progress in recent days, the senior defense official said."

Putin's army is a flop and he is also failing at recruiting mercenaries