Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
| Are they worth the money they’re paid? |
Contract soldiers are sent to the front directly after training, so they are expected to be eased into the rigor of heavy combat over a period of two to three weeks. So, yes, they are paid handsomely for their work.
Conscripts, on the other hand, are not sent to the front as fighters.
[Regnum] Since the beginning of 2024, more than 100 thousand people have entered contract service in the Russian Armed Forces. This was reported on April 3 by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
The department added that in the last week and a half, the number of people wishing to serve under a contract has increased significantly.
“Every day, up to 1,700 people come to contract selection points across the country to enlist in military service,” the department said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
The Ministry of Defense added that in the last ten days alone, about 16 thousand citizens signed contracts to participate in a special military operation.
As Regnum reported, in 2023, 540 thousand military personnel signed a contract with the Russian Armed Forces. As Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, this made it possible to create two reserve armies and six divisions.
He noted that since the beginning of 2024 alone, as of February 20, about 50 thousand people have entered contract service, and people continue to do so. The minister pointed out that the contract soldiers recruited in 2023 have today already become professional, trained troops and represent a serious force.
According to the Ministry of Defense, from January 1 to December 1, 2023, in the interests of the joint group of troops, more than 452 thousand people were recruited for military service. In total, in 2023, more than 500 thousand people were recruited for these purposes, of which 420 thousand were under contract.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev reported on February 19 that since January 1 of this year, more than 53 thousand people have been recruited to serve in the Russian Armed Forces in the interests of the special operation.
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