Men are reportedly being snatched off Russian streets and students offered significant financial incentives to join drone units as Moscow looks to avoid another forced mobilisation. According to Ukrainian estimates, Russian recruitment rates are not keeping up with casualty rates, with 222,500 troops lost – including 131,000 killed – but only 221,000 recruited so far in 2026. Raids are happening across the entire city," one local resident told human rights group Idite Lesom, according to Ukrainska Pravda. A Russian FPV-drone hits a car, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kramatorsk. Cuba and Colombia have also been targeted by Moscow for recruitment to the Russian army, according to a report published in April by the International Federation for Human Rights.