Russia is advertising for personnel to dig trenches along its border regions, according to a new report, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv’s troops advanced more than a mile in a handful of hours.
At least 30 ads calling for trench builders in Kursk were found on a Russian job portal in the past few days, the BBC‘s Russian service reported on Wednesday. The majority of the ads called for shift workers to pitch in with building various types of “fortifications,” including trenches and anti-tank structures, the outlet reported.
Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
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