Russia fails to pay military reservists, migrant workers brought to Ukraine

Community workers clear debris after a rocket attacked Saturday near a university in Kharkiv, Ukraine, amid Russia’s military incursion. Kharkiv and the surrounding area have been the target of heavy shelling since February. Photo by Vasiliy Zhlobsky/EPA-EFE

recruit tell Idel.Realii They are inexperienced, but appointed commanders at the company level or higher.

The recruits claimed to Idel.Realii that Russia also failed to provide the soldiers with enough food, ammunition or cigarettes.

Russia has also failed to report “cheated” funeral arrangements for volunteer soldiers killed in action and those returning home from Ukraine.

Russian independent newspaper “New Gazette” reported friday Russian officials detain contract soldiers who refuse to fight in special internment camps in occupied Ukraine.

Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Intelligence Service posted an audio clip Sent to Telegram on Sunday, it claimed to be a Russian soldier in the Kharkiv region.

In the video, the soldier allegedly spoke about the state of recruitment in Russia’s armed forces, including the lifting of recruitment restrictions, noting that Crimea has no personnel, according to intelligence officials.

The War Institute also noted that the Russian-backed occupation authority “may be experiencing internal challenges” that are hindering its regime and reducing the ability of occupation officials to carry out reconstruction projects in Ukraine’s Donbas region.

Another independent media outlet in Russia, MediaZona, posted a video on saturday Among them, workers from the Russian water service company Mosvodokanal claimed that they had never been paid for their work in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, which together with Donetsk constitutes the larger Donbas region.

According to Petro Andryushchenko, advisor to the mayor of Mariupol in a telegram post On Saturday, Russian authorities brought bricklayers and electricians from St. Petersburg to Mariupol, where they promised double their salaries in the Russian city but were never paid.

“The occupiers bring workers from Russia to work in the occupied territories. They promise high salaries, but in reality they ‘throw away’ the money,” Andryushenko said.

“These jobs are not hiring local residents, they are second-class.”

Andryushenko said the workers had no contracts and were “abandoned” by Russia.

“If this is an attitude towards ‘themselves’, then something can be said to the local population,” Andryushchenko said.

“Most Mariupol residents are unemployed. Those who manage to find work don’t get paid. So the employees of the city water company have been protesting for days because they are used to decent wages. Work.”

The prevalence of imported Russian labor “indicates that the Russian occupation authorities are working to persuade or coerce large numbers of Ukrainian residents into reconstruction projects,” the War Institute said in its analysis.