While war may benefit a few people with influence and power, but for the rest of the people, war is never a good thing.
People may have different opinions regarding wars. But most people should know that wars can cost lives, political tensions, and lots of blood and tears that can last for generations.
And this time, during the Russian's invasion to Ukraine, both sides are losing a substantial amount of resources.
In times of war, replenishing depleting resources isn't easy, and in Russia, as its government is "desperate to find more cannon fodder," recruitment videos for the Russian military are becoming more bizarre.
For example, one of which shows young females wielding guns as if "sexualizing" the war in Ukraine.
It all began in February 24, 2022, when Russia started invading Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014.
The invasion has since caused tens of thousands of deaths on both sides.
Russia was the world's fifth-highest military expenditure, maintains the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, and possess the world's second-largest fleet of ballistic missile submarines. Its military is also one of the only three national militaries (alongside those of the U.S. and China) that operate strategic bombers.
As for its military personnel, Russia claimed to have more than one million soldiers, with two million in reserve.
But in spite of Russia's perceived military strength and claims, as recorded in various assessments and reports, there have been deficiencies in the country's military performance on both the tactical and operational scales.
For example, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, logistical failures have greatly impacted the operational performance of Russian soldiers, as different service branches struggled to coordinate their work. Continuous shortcomings have also made Russia's war effort to suffer setbacks since the initial invasion.
And because of other treasons, Russia seems to struggle in the war it waged.
About one year since invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" has claimed at least 115,000 soldiers.
Because Putin needs more soldiers, military recruitment videos have continually tried to airbrush the painful images of war, by sexualizing it.
“This is how a motivational video for luring Russians into military service looks.” -UNIAN news service
Notice the focus on ethnic minorities and the sexualization of women? Russia is desperate to find more cannon fodder. pic.twitter.com/SIXTRPWYFN— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) January 8, 2023
According to Kyiv Post journalist Jason Jay Smart, he quoted Ukrainian news agency UNIAN as saying:
"Notice the focus on ethnic minorities and the sexualization of women? Russia is desperate to find more cannon fodder."
In the video, two attractive young women stand by the side of a tank with huge guns, posing seductively for the camera. Later, another woman is shown holding a gun, and then, even more pretty women seem to enjoy the spoils of war.
Foreign reports said that "some men in remote areas have resorted to hiding in the forest while others flee the country" instead of getting sent to "the meat grinder".
The government knows that the war is terrifying, and that Russia is losing lots of manpower.
Among the ways to recruit more soldiers, one example was made on 5 November 2022, when Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing people convicted of serious crimes, including drug trafficking and murder, to be mobilized into the Russian army. The exemption however, doesn't include people convicted of sex crimes involving minors and crimes against the state, such as treason, spying or terrorism.
This decree allows "hundreds of thousands" more people to be mobilized.