Russia is looking beyond its borders to fill its growing manpower shortage as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth week, according to British intelligence reports.
Up to 15,000 of Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces have been killed in the first four weeks of fighting, according to a NATO estimate, prompting the eastern power to enlist the aid of reservists, conscripts, and foreign mercenaries in its bid to take over Ukraine.
"The destroyed ship in Berdyansk could carry up to 20 tanks, 45 armored personnel carriers, and 400 paratroopers," Ukrainian deputy defense minister Anna Mayyar said in a statement."This is a huge target that was hit by our military." The Mariupol City Council said Moscow's military had been forcibly dragging Ukrainians into Russian territory, a claim echoed by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, which said Russian forces took 6,000 residents"to Russian filtration camps in order to use them as hostages and put more political pressure on Ukraine."
Despite the pushback, artillery fire and battles broke out in the northwestern suburbs of Kotsiubynske and Irpin. The Group of Seven leaders announced they have restricted the Russian Central Bank's use of gold in transactions, while the United States announced another round of sanctions targeting more than 400 elites and members of the Russian State Duma.
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