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Putin announced an almost two -time increase in the number of people who want to go to war in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with members of the Business Russia organization, said that 50-60 thousand Russians are going to Ukraine monthly. Earlier, the monthly set of the Russian army amounted to more than 30 thousand people, followed from Putin’s statement in December.
Quote: “I want to pay attention to this: if the Kiev authorities are engaged in compulsory mobilization, people as dogs are caught on the street, then our guys go voluntarily, go themselves. There, well, they now catch 30 thousand. And we have 50-60 thousand per month themselves. Of your labor collectives, ”Putin said.
Putin announced an almost two -time increase in the number of people who want to go to war in Ukraine
- News "Agency" (@agents_Media) May 13, 2025
Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the Business Russia organization said that 50-60 thousand Russians are going to Ukraine monthly. Earlier, the monthly set of the Russian army was ... Pic.twitter.com/slb7j2ly2j
The numbers named by the President significantly exceed the assessments of the recruitment of recruits that the Russian authorities gave earlier. In December 2024, Putin said that more than a thousand people come daily by contracts. Therefore, according to him, the contracts concluded more than 30 thousand people a month.
In January of this year, Dmitry Medvedev claimed that in 2024 contracts concluded 450 thousand people, another 40 thousand left for the front volunteers. From these data it follows that every month about 41 thousand recruits concluded contracts. Like Putin, Medvedev added that more than a thousand people entered into contracts daily.
Context. According to the British Ministry of Defense, in April 2025, the Russian army lost more than 36 thousand military wounded and killed in Ukraine (an average of 1209 people a day). At the beginning of the year, according to the British military department, this indicator was even higher - in January, Russia lost more than 48 thousand wounded and killed in January 2025 (1556 people a day).
- The Russian Ministry of Defense does not disclose data on its losses in Ukraine.