Russia could mobilize up to 500,000 more troops after September’s elections, as falling recruitment struggles to replace battlefield losses.
  • Jaysyn@lemmy.world
    44·
    4 days ago

    Reminder: all those soldiers from 2022 are dead or permanently disabled.

    More fertilizer for the sunflowers I guess.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    6·
    3 days ago

    Trump is watching. Putin is his top political advisor. This is how Trump will handle troop recruitment when he commits ground troops in Iran, claiming that “The Surge” will end the war in days.

  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    This is pretty close to half a years worth of births for Russia and obviously the lost even more. Last time Russia did mobilize a lot of young men left the country. So it will be very likely worse then that. Oh and Putin cares about the number of births in Russia, so those numbers might well be fake.

    • Fisting for Freedom@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 days ago

      They won’t let guys escape this time - expect stuff like closed borders and an internet lockdown so people can’t spread information or coordinate. They signed a law recently allowing them to seize assets and cut off government services for Russians abroad convicted in absentia for a variety of offenses, so anyone who does leave will probably lose anything they can’t take with them; I’m sure any family members left behind will somehow be guilty of something.

      But, yeah - worsening their existing demographic and economic problems is real fuckin’ dumb.

  • Sepia@mander.xyz
    10·
    3 days ago

    At the same time, Putin Urges Businesses to Back Russian Innovation as State Funding Shrinks.

    Moscow universities face higher competition for tuition-free university spots as paid seats are being eliminated while military quotas expand.

    And Russia’s healthcare crumbles amid Putin’s war with Ukraine, one of the biggest consequences being a massive exodus of skilled specialists from the medical profession, as the number of doctors has declined from 800 000 to less than 600 000 from 2014 to 2026.

    Russia spends more on military and disinformation campaigns than it spends for education, science, healthcare.