Vladimir Putin is opting for increasingly desperate recruitment methods for his war in Ukraine, according to a new report. Contributor/Getty ImagesThe last mobilization push was in 2022 and saw hundreds of thousands of Russians flee the country to escape conscription. But the FT reports they are also being offered to third-party individuals, who cold-call potential recruits for a finder’s fee. It comes as support for Putin’s war flags, among mounting losses, reported by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to be approaching half a million dead. The under-pressure president, 73, is also reported to be leaning more and more heavily on the FSB to keep control of the country.