Putin is struggling to find soldiers to fight in Ukraine

“The Ukrainians, increasingly with better weaponry, can make the front line quite a miserable place for the Russians.”

Putin faces trouble at home as Russians are concerned with his “expensive conscription policy” while Ukraine deploys a skills-based recruitment strategy, says Russia watcher Alan Mendoza.

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