• Beetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    Russia’s success is partly a result of a shifting recruiting message, as it now relentlessly tells would-be soldiers that the war in Ukraine is really a fight against NATO, U.S. officials said. Russian bonuses have also drastically increased. By combining these strategies, Mr. Putin may not need to order a politically unpopular broad draft, U.S. military and intelligence officials say.

    dirty tricks like fairly paying your soldiers