A man walks past a billboard advertising contract service in the army that reads
A man walks past a billboard advertising contract service in the army that reads "There is such a profession to defend the Fatherland" in Moscow.
  • Russian troops wistfully discuss plans to "recapture Kyiv" in a haunting new recruitment ad.
  • The commercial shows soldiers planning to move their families to conquered Ukrainian cities.
  • Russia, which has struggled to recruit troops, has doubled payments to soldiers since the war began.

In a chilling Russian military recruitment ad, soldiers wistfully discuss their plans to "recapture Kyiv" and move their families into conquered Ukrainian cities.