Russian Troops Go Unpaid for Months Amid Increasing Payment Delays.

Russian troops fighting in Ukraine and their families are complaining about delayed or non-payment of salaries, allowances, and social benefits. Despite being offered much more than the national average salary to join President Vladimir Putin's forces, there have been numerous reports of Russian soldiers complaining of poor training and lack of payments. The affected include professional soldiers, those who enlisted in the army, as well as conscripts called up during Russia's "partial" military mobilization drive. The problems in troop payments stem from the struggle of the Russian military's bureaucracy to keep track of the huge number of additional soldiers in its ranks.