(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 15 - As of April 1, Russia will begin a new recruitment of contract soldiers, the Ministry of Defense has sent orders to the regions indicating the number of people who will have to sign: the regional Russian media wrote that a total of 400,000 contract soldiers are to be added to the army, according to the plans of the Federation Defense Ministry.
This was reported by the Radio Svoboda website.
According to the Vyrstka newspaper, the registration and enlistment offices are trying to compensate for the losses of the Russian army.
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