Mercs work for patriotism but mostly money so double it to $4k/m spend just $4B open up to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Syria, Iran, Armenia etc... and you get 165k contractors for 6months
Again, they've been trying really hard for months now. In a country of 140 million. Paying $3-4k per month already (170k-200k rubles plus signing bonuses) for regular contractors, not just wagnerists. Failing miserably. Genius plan to "open up to" some other shitholes that have their own problems to deal with will not make hundreds of thousands of trained (or any) soldiers magically appear.
IIRC the Russian MOD recently claimed that Ukrainian forces outnumber Russian forces eightfold. Bullshit of course but puts your absurd claims into perspective. If they could hire 165k they wouldn't be whining, would they.
I mean they're considering paying out $20B just in dividends this year
Right, the oligarchs will pay for the war LOL
I thought the Ukrainian counter-offensive would help kremlinists to return back to reality but it seems to have done the opposite. Too far gone I guess.