- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
Now, he said, the Russians have a manpower advantage of around five to one. Only about 20% of the casualties his battalion takes are replaced by new recruits, and the mobilized men who arrive tend to be older than those who volunteered at the start of the war. As in other brigades, the average age of infantrymen has ticked up over 40.
https://archive.is/XWery
Uhhh Ukraine is steamrolling towards Moscow, sweaty