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Russia’s military is in a desperate race to replace tens of thousands of monthly casualties, turning to aggressive recruitment tactics as voluntary contracts alone can’t keep up. With over 1.3 million contract soldiers already signed since the 2022 mobilization, officials are now detaining men, pressuring workplaces, and even targeting prisoners and university students — all while denying any new draft is imminent. The pressure is mounting at every level, raising alarms that conscription may be coming under a cloak of voluntary enlistment.

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