150,000 new Russian soldiers will be called up by July 15, most of them will be sent to fight in Ukraine. Moscow is calling on foreigners from Africa, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Lured by promises of high salaries and obtaining Russian citizenship, they found themselves on the Ukrainian front generally against their will. Many of these foreign soldiers end up as cannon fodder, killed or imprisoned in Russia if they try to desert. The first reservoir is made up of the 10 million Uzbeks, Tajiks and Kyrgyz who live in Russia.