RUSSIA RUNNING ADS TO RECRUIT FOREIGNERS 📍 The British defense ministry on Sunday claimed that Russia has been running recruitment advertisements targeting citizens of neighboring countries as of late. These online ads have been detected in Armenia and Kazakhstan, offering initial payments and salaries, with some promising fast-track citizenship. Recruitment efforts have been particularly focused on the ethnic Russian population in Kazakhstan's northern Qostanai region. This approach allows Russia to acquire additional personnel for its military efforts in Ukraine while potentially avoiding the need for unpopular domestic mobilization measures, the ministry said.