Russia is mobilizing around 30,000 people every month, or around 1,000-1,100 recruits daily, Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine published on Jan. 15.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has made it clear: he intends to keep his half-million troops fighting in Ukraine until Ukraine and its allies tire of fighting back.
Ethan Hertweck died in Ukraine on Dec. 8, according to his parents, nearly two weeks before he was scheduled to return home to Springfield, Missouri, after his second trip to the country as a volunteer.