Moscow’s Battlefield Losses Outpace Recruitment by 6,000 Troops a Month
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Moscow’s Battlefield Losses Outpace Recruitment by 6,000 Troops a Month
Russia is losing roughly 6,000 more troops each month in Ukraine than it can recruit. Monthly casualties exceeding its recruitment rate of about 1,000 people per day over the past two months, according to Western officials cited by The Guardian.
Russia loses 6,000 more troops every month than it manages to recruit — The Guardian <p>Russia recruits about 30,000 troops every month, but loses 6,000 more. New mobilization threatens the Kremlin with political risks.</p>
Russia would lose approximately 6,000 more troops each month than it manages to enlist for the Ukrainian front, according to assessments by Western officials quoted by the international press. The difference between the losses on the battlefield and the pace of recruitment would have increased in the last two months.
Moscow is so far betting on the current recruitment system, without resorting to the announcement of a new large-scale mobilization
Western officials have stated that Russia's losses in the war in Ukraine have exceeded its recruitment of new soldiers, with Moscow experiencing a personnel shortage of approximately 6,000 men per month. Even with the recruitment of around 1,000 soldiers daily, the dead and wounded have not been replaced in the last two months. According to officials, the Kremlin is attempting to compensate for the manpower shortage with intense attacks on Ukrai…
Every month, Russia loses about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine than it manages to muster. Despite the significant pace of replenishment of the army, Moscow cannot fully compensate for the losses on the front.
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