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Hundreds of Serbian citizens have been contacted by Russia's military services to fight as part of the Russian army in Ukraine. According to the British newspaper 'The Guardian', Moscow's recruitment structures have created a special infrastructure to allow Serbian citizens to join the Russian army.
In one of her articles, ' The Guradian ' tells the story of a Serbian citizen who travels from Belgrade to the capital of Russia and after meeting with the Russian military, is sent to a recruitment center on the outskirts of Moscow. In this recruitment department, there are other Serbian citizens who are treated by the military to participate in the war in Ukraine.
According to the British newspaper, a Serbian citizen needs only a few hours after arriving in Moscow to be accepted as a recruit, after verification of documents. The witness who saw the recruitment wards says that within a day he became a soldier of the Russian army and after the training he will be immediately sent to the front line of the war.
It is also said that the contract signed with the Russian Ministry of Defense is for 18 months and the payment depends on the ranks and the war front where he will be sent.
Meanwhile, on the part of the Serbian authorities, there is no measure to stop the participation of another country in the war. While the Serbian media also write about several mercenaries killed since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has introduced a series of laws to entice foreign citizens to join its ranks. Vladimir Putin, at a security meeting shortly after his troops invaded Ukraine, said the Kremlin should help people from abroad who plan to fight on Russia's side.
Since then, the Russian leader has signed an order reducing the minimum length of the military service contract for foreigners from five to one year and offered a fast-track recruitment drive for non-Russian fighters.
Serbia, an EU candidate since 2012, has struggled to balance historically close ties with Russia against aspirations for integration with Europe, and tensions have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, with many Serbs sympathetic to Russia.
Pro-Russian sentiment is particularly high among Serbia's ultra-nationalist groups, which have organized a number of pro-Moscow rallies since the start of the war in Ukraine.
While the number of Serbs recruited so far does not appear to be significant enough to make a tangible difference on the battlefield, the exact number of Serbs who have signed contracts with the Russian military remains unclear.
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