A desperate Vladimir Putin is offering sign up bonuses of as much as £38,000 as the Russian army continues to struggle to replace dead soldiers. In a country, where average monthly earnings sit at around £745 a month, the sum highlights the desperation amongst Kremlin officials waging a war of attrition .

The Russian army has lost men at a phenomenal rate throughout the war, with current casualty rates of around 1,000 a day . The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has assessed that Russia has likely sustained approximately 1,140,000 casualties, both killed and wounded, since the full-scale invasion in 2022. This year alone, it is believed that the country has seen nearly 400,000 killed or wounded as the war approaches its fourth anniversary .

Putin's chilling warning to the West

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