"Blood Purchase": Mobilization awaits Russia if Putin goes to Kharkiv - the media

Military analysts, with whom Financial Times joined, said that Russian troops replenish their benches with contractors and so -called volunteers from the poor regions, offering them 200 thousand rubles of salaries. A wave of new mobilization can be expected for Russians if Russian President Vladimir Putin decides to attack Kharkiv or Southern Ukraine. This was stated by a senior researcher and military analyst Fund of Carnegie for the International Peace Dara Massicot by Financial Times.

According to Massicot, at least 100,000 soldiers will be required for a major offensive operation to the Russian General Staff. "If the Kremlin has ambitions about Kharkiv or something even more complicated, such as South Ukraine, then it will need to gather very large forces, probably more than 100,000 people for both directions, plus equipment," she said. The number of the Russian army in Ukraine is now estimated by 470 thousand people.

This data was voiced by the Commander of the Joint NATO forces in Europe Christopher Cavoli. According to Western intelligence, about 315 thousand people have lost its full -scale invasion of a full -scale invasion of a full -scale invasion, while a war of 360 thousand soldiers began a war. Now Moscow is replenishing Russian troops at a speed of about 30 thousand people a month. These are contractors and volunteers from the poor regions, which the authorities offer a salary of 200 thousand rubles.

This amount is five times the average salary in some regions of Russia. In addition, the Kremlin is ready to pay a one -time bonus of 300 thousand rubles to one million. This mercantile approach allows Russia to attract enough recruits from people who are a financially attractive offer, Financial Times writes.

A freelance senior researcher at the Center for Analysis of European Policy, based in Washington, believes that the main approach of the Kremlin is now "buying blood" among Russian lower classes. On April 16, military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko said in an interview with Focus that active mobilization in Russia will begin immediately after the inauguration of Vladimir Putin, which was scheduled for May 7.