Date: June 30th, 2026 3:11 AM Author: queensbridge benzo
In relative terms, the attrition losses are even more staggering. By some accounts, Russia is now incurring eight men killed or seriously wounded for every one lost by Ukraine. With average monthly casualties running at more than 30,000 this year, the Russian army is struggling to replace them with fresh recruits. It is offering sign-up bonuses as high as $80,000, and up to $140,000 in debt relief to encourage more men to enlist.
Those who do have little to look forward to. According to Russian military bloggers, the average life expectancy of a new recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once they are sent onto the battlefield, Russian fighters survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. Much of the reason for this is the extraordinary shift in battlefield technology and tactics—in particular, the ways that drones have become the primary killing machines in this war, with stark implications for the future of combat in other parts of the world.
Date: June 30th, 2026 9:20 PM Author: arousing useless temple
The idea that someone like you has any interest in Russia v Ukraine or anything else other than getting yourself out of poverty and making something of your life is mind blowingly stupid.
Date: June 30th, 2026 9:10 PM Author: Charismatic messiness chapel
glad our government is paying to feed E Euros to the meat grinder in order to enrich defense contractors instead of giving us health care or anything like that!
Date: July 1st, 2026 8:26 AM Author: Jet-lagged set
Zero chance that either of the time figures in the op--10 days-3 weeks average from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat, Russian fighters survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes once on a battlefield--is remotely close to true. Those are extraordinary figures. They might have been true for certain units on certain days. They're not true on any large scale for this war or pretty much any others in history.