NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, speaking during a visit to Kyiv, urged young Russians not to be taken in by military recruiters.
Rutte said the military deceives young Russians when they sign contracts, that fighters are given no training before deployment, and that they are issued substandard equipment:
There is a very high chance you’ll die or be wounded while you’re out there. And odds are that if you are wounded, you will be left to suffer in the mud and die. So when we talk about tens of thousands of Russian casualties, that’s not abstract. That will probably be you.
Russia is currently sustaining losses of around 30,000 people per month, Rutte said, calling the figure “staggering.”
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