British special services note that it is very likely that the recruitment of the military was carried out disproportionately from poor and rural areas of Russia, ABC reports, citing Rador Radio Romania.

British intelligence agencies said on Monday that Russian authorities had drafted young school leavers into the army to take part in the war of aggression in Ukraine, which began in February 2022.

“From April 2023, as part of its efforts to meet recruitment targets, the Russian military has allowed dropouts to sign contracts with the Russian military,” British sources said.

In this regard, the intelligence services also indicate that “it is very likely that the recruitment of the Russian military to conduct the war disproportionately came from poor and rural areas of Russia.”

In a daily report published by the UK Ministry of Defence, they also state that “the latest figures published by Mediazon (an independent news portal) and the Russian service of the BBC indicate that at least five Russians born in 2005 have been killed in the conflict “. This is stated in a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense on its account on the X social network.

They also said it was “highly likely” that Russian authorities had “significantly overstated” the number of people joining the Armed Forces in 2023, following a recent estimate by former Russian president and current deputy head of the country’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev. the number of these people is 500,000