Russia to recruit foreigners in neighboring countries to beef up its army depleted by 300,000 war casualties, says the UK Defense Ministry

• Russia is outsourcing military recruitment to "avoid unpopular domestic mobilization measures," says UK MoD.
• The Kremlin wants to fill the growing gaps in army ranks foreigners and migrant workers.
• Russia's military casualties are approaching 300,000, say US officials.

Russia is avoiding domestic mobilization by recruiting more foreigners and migrant workers for the war against Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence wrote on September 3.