Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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shavenferret said:

BFR said:

1530 troops. LOL!

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 18, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/d3h01RhC7Y

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) October 18, 2024

wow.  I think that losses like this will be much more common next year.   

If Putin calls for another round of conscriptions, which he so far resisted to do (because it would signal that the war is going badly and that their overhyped "few losses" are being unsubstantiated with the real huge losses), then for sure this will happen.

Either way, this puts Russia between a rock and a hard place, as new recruits need to come from other places - like the armament industries that are already staffing problems. It also puts Putin directly in this position, as workers would need to be replaced by migrant workers (if at all possible that is), something the ultranationalists, which were some of his biggest supporters, absolutely hate.