A proposal to solve Ukraine’s manpower problem and counter Russia’s global recruitment strategy
DEC 09, 2025
From the onset, Russia held a distinct numerical advantage over Ukraine, driven by a larger population and a callous disregard for human life. Indeed, as I have argued previously, Russia might boast this advantage even over a united Europe, owing to the Russians’ notoriously high threshold for suffering.
Yet, through sheer ingenuity, Ukrainians managed to hold the line and erode Russia’s numerical superiority. Consequently, Russia has been forced to engage in a slow, grinding offensive at a staggering cost. Facing the exhaustion of their domestic manpower, the Russians devised a solution: tapping into the vast human reservoirs of the Third World to sustain their war effort. They began by introducing North Korean troops in significant numbers. As the war progressed, increasing numbers of Africans, Indians, Cubans, and Nepalese began appearing within Russian ranks.
The logical response would be for European armies to intervene directly on Ukraine’s behalf. Ukraine is no longer fighting merely against Russia – a daunting task in itself – but against a force bolstered by global recruitment. It is no longer just Ukraine against Russia; it is Ukraine against Russia, North Korea, and a coalition of others. Since Russia does not shy away from importing fighters from all over the Third World to wage war against Ukraine, Europe, at the very least, should not hesitate to match the amount of foreign recruits that Russia has assembled. This is only logical.
However, if Europeans remain unwilling to deploy their own troops, I propose an alternative, perhaps even better, solution that will solve Ukraine’s manpower problem and will protect both Ukrainian and European lives: Europe should facilitate Ukraine’s recruitment from these same regions. Why should Russia be the only power capable of recruiting soldiers from Africa or India? Ukraine can, and should, do the same. If European nations are unwilling to fight, they can at least provide the necessary financing for Ukraine to recruit en massefrom the Global South.
This mirrors Russia’s strategy, yet with a crucial moral distinction. Ukraine’s cause is just, whereas Russia’s is not. Furthermore, there is a significant humanitarian difference: unlike in the Russian army, foreign recruits in the Ukrainian army will be treated with dignity, and their chances of survival will be significantly higher. The compensation they will receive for enlisting to fight for Ukraine will represent a life-changing amount in their countries of origin. With better survival odds, they could plausibly return home with the financial means to secure a prosperous future.
Russia has no qualms about utilizing the vast manpower of the Third World to fuel its war against Europe. Europe, with its vastly superior economic potential, has the capacity to attract far greater numbers of recruits from Africa, India, and beyond. If Russia intends to play this game, Europe and Ukraine must respond in kind.
Finally, this proposal dovetails with the issue of financial aid to the Third World, a topic I have raised recently (here and here). Europe should end unconditional financial aid – especially now, when those funds would be better spent on Ukraine and Europe’s own rearmament. Instead, Europe should implement a transactional form of aid: funds should flow to people of the Third World strictly in exchange for service to Western Civilization in its existential struggle. A significant portion of the huge sum of money that European countries currently spend on foreign aid can, and should, be used to build recruitment centers in the Third World and enable Ukraine to recruit mercenaries. To receive the financial support from Europe, individuals would need to demonstrate a willingness to help, and indeed, to risk their lives for the West. This, and only this, is aid worth giving.
In the end, those foreign recruits for Russia are fighting for an unjust cause – they are fighting on the side of Evil. They are aiding, or directly participating, in plunder, mass executions, rapes and torture. Those fighting for Ukraine, however, will be fighting for a just cause – on the side of Good. They will be fighting to protect Europe.
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“It is no longer just Ukraine against Russia; it is Ukraine against Russia, North Korea, and a coalition of others. Since Russia does not shy away from importing fighters from all over the Third World to wage war against Ukraine, Europe, at the very least, should not hesitate to match the amount of foreign recruits that Russia has assembled. This is only logical.”
Isn’t that exactly what I have been saying for years?
To take back and hold land, Ukraine needs a vast army : I have proposed two million combat troops, including reserves.
What other option exists?
Where is Russia getting the money?
“If European nations are unwilling to fight, they can at least provide the necessary financing for Ukraine to recruit en massefrom the Global South.”
This is what can and must be done.
“Europe should end unconditional financial aid – especially now, when those funds would be better spent on Ukraine and Europe’s own rearmament. Instead, Europe should implement a transactional form of aid: funds should flow to people of the Third World strictly in exchange for service to Western Civilization in its existential struggle.”
Exactly what I’ve been saying for years.
We in the U.K. still give money to ruZZia-loving despotic dictators in third world shitholes that hate us.
All that money needs to go to Ukraine.
Frankly I don’t give a monkey’s wank if citizens of these countries starve. Let fucking putler feed them.