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Sir Ed Davey of the Lib Dems proposes offering a £10,000 bonus to new army recruits and a public awareness campaign to boost UK military readiness amid global threats, aiming to increase troop numbers and enhance national security.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired all the heads of the country's regional army recruitment centers in a crackdown on corruption. An investigation revealed abuses by officials, including illegal enrichment and transporting draft-eligible men across the border during wartime. Zelenskyy announced that 112 criminal cases have been opened against draft board officials suspected of bribery and corruption. The dismissed officials will be replaced by war veterans and soldiers wounded at the front. This move signals Ukraine's commitment to addressing corruption, a long-standing issue in the country's armed forces.
The Russian military has launched a widespread advertising campaign urging citizens to join the army, as the armed forces have reportedly been suffering heavy losses and struggling to make progress in Ukraine more than a year after invading it. The recruitment drive is likely to have been prompted by the Russian military's desperate need for new soldiers after more than a year of fighting in Ukraine. The campaign in the media has run alongside army advertising in Russia's streets.
UK Defence Intelligence believes that Russia's plan to recruit 400,000 "volunteers" to the army is unlikely to succeed, and that regional authorities may resort to coercion to meet their recruitment targets. The supposed "volunteer model" is likely a way to minimize domestic dissent. However, rebuilding Russia's combat power in Ukraine will require more than just personnel, as the country needs more munitions and military equipment supplies than it currently has available.