Russia needs more troops but is wary of public anger, leaked documents say
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Two volunteers operate a mobile army recruitment spot this month set up on a crowded path near a train stop in Moscow.(Vlad Karkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)RIGA, Latvia - Russian officials are scrambling to enlist hundreds of thousands more troops for the war in Ukraine without angering the general public, but recruitment plans being pushed by military leaders are raising alarm among other government officials worried about an increasingly critical labor shortage in the civilian workforce, according to classified U.S. intelligence documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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