Russian authorities are offering a $22,000 payment to Moscow residents signing up to join the military in a new attempt to offset high rates of deaths and injuries among soldiers in Ukraine. The Moscow city administration said new recruits who sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry will receive a bonus of 1.9 million rubles, or about $22,000.
It comes as Russia sends waves of troops into head-on attacks on Ukrainian positions that have been dubbed 'meat assaults.' The attacks intensified earlier this year as Russia sought to drive back Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region, with reports saying they were often launched for only incremental gains.
Russia is urgently trying to replenish its military numbers in Ukraine with lucrative contracts like that offered in Moscow and also by recruiting prisoners and hiring mercenaries. Russia's President Vladimir Putin in December issued a decree ordering the military to boost its numbers by about 170,000, increasing its troop numbers to 1.2 million.
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