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Russia is rapidly running out of cannon fodder at home. On Day 1,312 of Putin's "3-Day Special Operation", Russian casualties are an estimated 1,107,400.

So that is why Russia has embarked on a campaign to deceive people in developing countries into coming to Russia with false promises of jobs or education. Once those people arrive in Russia, they are drafted into the Russian Army and sent to die in "meat wave" attacks in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Kenya has started cracking down on death recruiters for Russia.

More than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job offers in Russia but intended to send them to fight in Ukraine, police said. It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers seized recruitment materials, travel documents, and job offer letters. One suspect, accused of coordinating the victims' travel to Russia in September and October, has been arrested. He was taken to court, which allowed him to be detained for 10 days while the police complete their investigations. There have been growing concerns over the rising number of Kenyans being trafficked abroad under false job promises. A young Kenyan athlete was recently captured in Ukraine, saying he was tricked into joining the Russian army.

India is buying Russian oil. But Russia wants more than Indian money. A young man who thought he was going to Russia for higher education was instead sent to Ukraine to fight in Putin's futile forever war. His family has not heard from him in weeks.

Set to join Russia university, Uttarkhand man 'sent to war front in Ukraine'

RUDRAPUR: A man from Udham Singh Nagar who had recently travelled to Russia for higher studies was allegedly coerced into joining the Russian army and sent to the war front in Ukraine, his family said, adding they have had no contact with him since early Sept and are now desperate for help. The family of Rakesh Kumar, 30, has written to the ministry of external affairs (MEA), sought support from the Indian embassy in Moscow, and approached local officials in a bid to bring him back home. [ ... ] His elder brother, Deepu Maurya, said the last time they had a direct conversation was on Aug 30, when Rakesh informed them that he had been forcibly drafted into the Russian army and would soon be deployed to the war zone in Ukraine. After that call, his phone went unreachable. The family later received a photo of Rakesh in a Russian military uniform, which only heightened their fears and confirmed their worst suspicions. A few days later, Rakesh called again, this time from an unfamiliar Russian number. In a short and distressed conversation, he told them that his passport and personal documents had been seized, his official emails had been deleted, and that he had undergone military training in the Donbas region before being sent to the battlefield. That was the last they heard from him.

Mercenaries

"Blasted amateurs! Doesn't the queen think we can fight well enough on our own?" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald