Russian regions are dramatically increasing the amount of money they pay to new military recruits as analysts say “ideological” recruitment campaigns are no longer enough to motivate people to fight in Ukraine.

Several regions announced in recent days they would as much as quadruple the sign-up bonuses in a bid to boost their recruitment numbers.

Russia has been suffering enormous casualties in its war on Ukraine, with an estimated 1 million Russian soldiers killed or injured since the start of the full-scale invasion three and half years ago.

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov made recruitment one of the military’s top priorities during a high-level defense meeting in August, stressing that manpower was “key for supporting offensive operations.”

But while Belousov claimed recr

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