Russia is hoping to draft 420,000 military personnel by the end of the year, according to UK Intelligence. But Russia has worsening labor workforce shortages back home, one Russian survey said. The UK MOD said Russia's conscription has "negative effects on its industry workforce". The UK MOD pointed out that Medvedev's figure cannot be independently verified. "This shows that mobilization and conscription within Russia has worsened non-defence workforce shortages," it said.

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Persons: Dmitry Medvedev Organizations: Intelligence, MOD, Service, Gaidar Institute for Economic, British Ministry of Defence, Russia's Security, Reuters, —, Russian, Kommersant, Washington Post Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian