An advertisement in Russia's Yaroslavl region has promised £530 for every kilometre of ground gained in Ukraine.
It comes as part of a drive by Vladimir Putin to find more troops to fight in Ukraine to avoid another round of unpopular mobilisation, which last time saw tens of thousands of men fleeing the country.
One advertisement posted by a council in the Yaroslavl region promised a £3,100 sign-up bonus and an extra £530 for "each kilometre of advancement within assault teams".
The advert also offered a monthly salary of £2,000, plus £80 a day for "involvement in active offensive operations".
Vladimir Putin desperately tries to avoid another round of unpopular mobilisation
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Advertisements promising cash bonuses and enticing benefits have appeared on Government websites and social media accounts of libraries and high schools across Russia.
Enlistment offices are reportedly working with universities to encourage students and the unemployed to sign up for the military, with recruitment centres popping up in cities and towns.
Russia analyst Kateryna Stepanenko told the Telegraph: “They've already recruited a significant proportion of people that were financially incentivised. And they struggled to do that last year."
The Russian president first declared a partial mobilisation of military reservists on the September 21, 2022, seven months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This saw tens of thousands of men fleeing the country to avoid being drafted into Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
As Vladimir Putin grows more desperate to gain ground in Ukraine, there are fears of a looming second mobilisation.
Putin also has desires of a “total cleansing” of Ukraine, using “house-to-house terror” to force its people into submission, according to leaked spy documents. Russia hoped the move would allow them to “install any government in Kiev”.
Putin first declared a partial mobilization of military reservists in September 2022, which resulted in tens of thousands of men fleeing the country.
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Ukraine's ground forces commander has said that his troops are continuing to repel Russian attacks on the eastern city of Bakhmut and that defending it is a 'military necessity'.
Ukraine's military said Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi had acted during a visit to the eastern front line to solve "problematic issues that prevent effective execution of combat tasks" and taken "operational decisions aimed at strengthening our capabilities to deter and inflict damage on the enemy".
"The most intense phase of the battle for Bakhmut continues. The situation is constantly difficult. The enemy suffers significant losses in human resources, weapons and military equipment but continues to conduct offensive actions," he said.
