UK intel: Foreigners make up minor share of Russian army recruitment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The British Ministry of Defense reported in its 27 April intelligence update that over 1,500 foreign nationals were recruited in Moscow between April 2023 and the end of May 2024 to participate in Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.
51% : Nonetheless, recruitment of foreign nationals "will almost certainly continue in the medium term" as Russia seeks to replenish its forces without resorting to a second wave of mobilization, despite suffering heavy battlefield losses in Ukraine.
50% : According to British defense intelligence, Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals is "probably largely non-systematic."
49% : British intelligence assessed that foreign nationals "almost certainly make up a very small proportion" of the Russian Armed Forces' total recruitment numbers.

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