INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Prisoners, homeless people and other socially disadvantaged individuals made up the majority of military recruits in the Siberian city of
Ukraine, where its forces have been fighting for nearly two years.Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu boasted in December that 490,000 contract
servicemen and volunteers had been enlisted since the beginning of 2023
challenging than the last because the military has exhausted its pool of potential recruits, the sources said in December.
