The growing shortage of soldiers for the war against Ukraine is prompting Russia to raise recruitment bonuses to avoid a repeat of the unpopular mobilization. But so far there are few signs that this is working, reports Bloomberg. According to three anonymous sources close to the Kremlin and the Russian defense ministry, the army is not receiving enough new soldiers to cope with losses on the front line, which have reached their highest level since the start of the invasion in February 2022. Regional officials are now, on average, failing to meet more than a third of their recruitment quotas. …