Watch: Russian Soldiers Demanding Enlistment Money From Superiors

Unpaid Russian soldiers allegedly went on strike and stopped fighting in the Ukraine war, according to a viral Twitter video.

A widely circulated video on social media shows several mobilized Russian soldiers confronting their superiors for unpaid wages at their training facility in Russia. The soldiers claimed in the video that they had not yet received the promised amount and that they would not fight in Ukraine until they got the money.

The video has English subtitles and was shared by user Dmitriy on Twitter. The soldiers claim in the video that their families did not receive the 300,000 rubles (about $5,000) that they had promised to enlist in the Russian army.

According to a statement issued by the Institute for the Study of War,

Russian officials counted volunteers and mobilized men with wages more than twice the national average.

The Russian economy will likely remain tense for decades as long as the Kremlin continues to rely heavily on providing financial incentives to Russians to fight in Ukraine.

According to a financial expert who spoke to Reuters, the Kremlin may have to spend between 14.

$6 billion and $32 billion (900 billion to 3 trillion rubles) over the next six months on payments to men sent to war.

while,

Ukraine's parliament on Thursday approved the draft budget for 2023 with a record-deficit of $38 billion, a spending plan the prime minister said was aimed at helping achieve victory over Russia.

Senior lawmakers said the budget was approved by an overwhelming majority, with 295 lawmakers voting in favor and no one against. thirty

Five declined.

"Do everything to bring victory closer. It is with this philosophy that we put together this budget," Prime Minister Denis Schmihal said after the vote.

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