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Humiliated Putin Is Hit With Disastrous Deadline
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- Ukraine’s top intelligence official, Oleh Ivashchenko, predicts that Russia’s military capabilities will be depleted by 2028 due to ongoing heavy casualties and resource constraints.
- Russia reportedly recruits about 1,000 to 1,200 soldiers daily but suffers higher losses, with casualty figures suggesting around 60% of those lost are killed in action.
- Western intelligence estimates indicate Russia is losing approximately 6,000 more troops each month than it can replace, threatening to decimate a significant portion of Russian men aged 25 to 49 within 18 months.
- Morale among Russian troops and civilians is reported to be very low, with fears of a potential new mass mobilization after upcoming parliamentary elections, although newly conscripted soldiers face extremely short life expectancies on the battlefield.
- Ukraine has also sustained heavy losses, with estimates of up to 625,000 troops lost since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, reflecting the severe human cost on both sides.
