The Russian army has replenished its troops by 570,000 people, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 12.
Putin claims over 500,000 new recruits joined Russian army over past year
https://kyivindependent.com/putin-claims-500-000-new-recruits-in-russian-army-over-last-six-months/
6 Comments
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
"And they were delighted for the opportunity to serve! Plus they even brought their own weapons and ammo! And their moms sewed them all nice, new uniforms! And we had ice cream! It was wonderful!"
-Vladimir Putin (Sep 12, 2023)
Chariotwheel@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
The question I have is: why does the mighty Russia need to replenish 500,000 soldiers. Something not going according to plan fighting little old Ukraine?
Spitzspot@artemis.camp · 7 pts · 2y
500k new drone catchers.
negativeyoda@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
The word "joined" is doing some heavy lifting here
awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah and I just had 7 million new recruits join my army, trust me.
gowan@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 2y
Chariotwheel@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Might as well be technically correct. Now the volunteer part of this I doubt.