INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
corners and flashed across television screens has become next to impossible in recent months.Appealing to a sense of patriotism, concern
address a growing manpower shortage in Ukraine following unsuccessful spring attacks and ahead of what is believed to be an imminent
and experts interviewed by The Moscow Times suggested the number of soldiers who have signed up was likely far short of what the authorities
the north of the city.While the state-run TASS news agency reported in April that 300 people were joining up in Moscow every day, a Moscow
increasingly in need of more soldiers for its war in Ukraine amid tens of thousands of men killed and injured and no sign of a let-up in the
comment.Recruitment videos have also been highly visible on state-run television channels and online, with Novaya Gazeta Europe reporting
Local businesses were contacted by city officials in St
fate of their country as reasons to go to fight in Ukraine.Military recruitment center on Yablochkova Street in Moscow.Alexander Avilov /
Moskva News AgencyMany experts believe that the current campaign is a Kremlin attempt to avoid risking a major public backlash by launching
