HIV infections among Russian troops surge 20-fold since Ukraine war

A study has found that HIV infection rates in the Russian military have skyrocketed since the start of the Ukraine war.
The combined effect of the increase in contacts and other factors has led to a more than 20-fold increase in the number of infections in just over two years."
Citing a report published by the Carnegie Politika by the Russia-Eurasia Center, a subsidiary of the Carnegie Foundation, the article said, "After the outbreak of the Ukraine war in 2022, H
According to the report, the number of HIV infections within the Russian military increased by about five times compared to before the war from the beginning of 2022 to the fall of that year, just after the start of the war.
It was found that the number of cases had increased 13-fold by the end of the year and 20-fold by the beginning of 2024. The causes of this increase were said to be "the use of contaminated syringes in field hospitals," "blood transfusions," and "
The reasons cited included "the sharing of syringes when administering drugs" and "sexual contact within the military."