Vladimir Putin Desperately Recruits Soccer Players To ‘Fight As Paratroopers’ After Russian Army Dwindles

Media footage from Tula, which is about 125 miles south of Moscow, showed the players gearing up for combat. The players were said to be selected from the high soccer rank of “ultras.” The Russian military has been depleted for some time now and was in serious need of reinforcements, as Russian citizens took drastic measures to avoid being sent into Putin’s war. Putin’s recruitment of soccer players is not the first time the Russian president looked to unlikely sources in an effort to revamp his quickly degrading military. Read Full Article