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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jul 24, 2024, 01:05 PM Jul 2024

Russia is offering Moscow residents a record $22,000 to fight in Ukraine

Authorities in the city of Moscow are offering a record signing-on bonus for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, in the latest sign of a scramble to boost Russian troop numbers.

The financial sweetener comes as President Vladimir Putin struggles to recruit soldiers for his army as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine grinds on in its third year.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin introduced the one-time signing bonus of 1.9 million rubles (about $22,000) for city residents who join the military, according to a statement on Tuesday.

Anyone taking up the offer would earn as much as 5.2 million rubles ($59,600) in their first year of service, the statement added.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/europe/russia-moscow-troops-signing-bonus-intl-hnk/index.html

And all the vodka you can drink.

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Russia is offering Moscow residents a record $22,000 to fight in Ukraine (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 OP
I think I have found a flaw ... "in their first year of service," OnDoutside Jul 2024 #1
Given that the average lifespan of a Russian soldier Richard_GB Jul 2024 #2
Gee I wonder if moniss Jul 2024 #3
And they'll all be border guards, protecting Father Russia from the invading Nazi Ukrainian hordes. /satire willamette Jul 2024 #4

Richard_GB

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2. Given that the average lifespan of a Russian soldier
Wed Jul 24, 2024, 01:16 PM
Jul 2024

In eastern Ukraine is likely measured in days. This should not cost Putin very much.

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