CNN reported on the 17th (local time) that the Russian Kremlin denied the need for more recruits but recently launched a new recruitment campaign.
A new propaganda video promoting the conscription has reportedly been circulating on Russian social media in recent days. The video contains content that stimulates patriotism, morality and the desire to rise in social class.
In the video posted on the 14th, a man who was out with his friends chooses to enlist. After that, the man buys a new car with the money he earned and drives back to the neighborhood, surprising his friends.
Another video, released on the 15th, shows a soldier’s ex-girlfriend impressed by his courage in enlisting and hoping to see him again. Another video shows a man signing a military contract and leaving a lower-paying factory.
Another video shows a wealthy-looking Russian man in his 30s loading a car. When some elderly women asked him, “Where are you going?” he replied, “Georgia. Forever,” he replied, getting in his car and driving out, and the women stared at him in awe.
As such, various versions of enlistment videos depict warfare as a way for men to escape the bleak realities of everyday life.
Last month, in a meeting with the mothers of children conscripted under the mobilization order, Putin said: “It is better to die fighting for your country than to die drinking vodka.”
Since Putin’s “partial mobilization order” in late September, the exact number of Russian soldiers killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine has not been released.
Meanwhile, thousands of men have fled Russia to avoid conscription and fears are growing among the population of further mobilization orders to be issued in the new year.
However, President Putin tried to reassure the public by saying at a press conference held after the Eurasian summit held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan earlier this month that “there is no plan for further mobilization”. “300,000 people have been recalled under the mobilization order and 150,000 have been deployed in Ukraine,” Putin said. About half of them are in combat units,” he said.
“We are working closely with the Russian Defense Ministry and this issue has been resolved,” Putin said in response to reports of continued shortages of military equipment on the front lines.
(Seoul = News 1)
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