"An atmosphere of constant fear". We reveal how Putin's army is mercilessly patching holes in the ranks. "You have to volunteer"

Desperate Moscow uses increasingly brutal methods to find hands to fight at all costs. Russian military commanders, eager to meet Kremlin recruitment quotas, are torturing teenage conscripts into “voluntarily” volunteering for war service, the independent news agency Astra reported on Wednesday. Beatings, rapes, taking the injured from hospital, keeping them in the cold, intimidation – the list of methods used by Vladimir Putin's forces is constantly growing.