{
  "id": 7056732,
  "title": "Russia uses arrests and coercion to send more recruits to the front in Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russia-uses-arrests-and-coercion-to-send-more-recruits-to-the-front",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-09-13/russia-uses-arrests-and-coercion-to-send-more-recruits-to-the-front-in-ukraine.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian authorities are using coercion to send more recruits to the front in Ukraine. According to El Pais English, people are being paid to recruit others, with targets including those who live alone, have criminal records, or are sick or indebted. These individuals are being taken by force to recruitment centers.\n\nThe Kremlin is trying to avoid a mass mobilization, but is instead using covert measures to fill losses in its offensive in Ukraine. El Pais English reports that recruiter work has been well paid in recent months.\n\nThere have been no direct comments from the Kremlin on the coercion. However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has made comments on a potential meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying an invitation to Moscow had been extended, as per New Voice of Ukraine.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-deadly-drone-strikes",
        "published": "2026-09-12T18:33:16.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/russia-would-continue-war-during-negotiations-with-ukraine-lavrov-says",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russia-says-ukraine-attacked-trucks-supplying-fuel-to-zaporizhzhia",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}