(Week old news but didn’t see it anywhere) Russian women should wear mini-skirts more frequently to help boost the country’s birth rate, a local legislator has suggested.
(Week old news but didn’t see it anywhere) Russian women should wear mini-skirts more frequently to help boost the country’s birth rate, a local legislator has suggested.
Oh, in the videos I’ve seen they all look extremely young. But maybe that doesn’t paint the whole picture.
These young are from ethnic minorities, they don’t count.
They used to be at the start of the war when the majority of the army was conscripts and normal soldiers. Most of those are dead now and have been replaced with criminals and people tempted by the very generous signing bonuses and debt forgiveness.
There’s also the fact Russia just doesn’t have many 20 year olds. The birth rate in Russia fell off a cliff in the 90s, so there are far more 40+ year olds.
People conscripted into the Russian Armed Forces aren’t sent into the Special Military Operation Zone.
This has been the case in previous conflicts involving Russia including when Russian troops were sent into Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 during Donbas War with only contractors being sent in.
Only contractors were and we know their losses, it is 16K up to now:
(From quite a few weeks ago, might be a bit dated)
Motorized Rifles: 6,457
VDV: 3,257
Naval Infantry: 1,305
Tank Crew: 1,806
Artillery: 851
Special Forces: 736
Engineering: 291
Navy: 291
VVS: 265
Other: 957
Total: 16,216
Source: MediaZona
For comparison:
US losses from 2003-2005: 5175
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System
Basically yes:
"From early summer and into the mid-fall season of 2022, volunteers bore the brunt of the losses, which is strikingly different from the situation in the initial stage of the war: in winter and early spring, the Airborne Forces suffered the greatest damage, followed by the Motorised Rifle troops.
By the end of 2022 and the beginning of the next year, losses among prisoners recruited into the Wagner PMC increased markedly. They were formed into “assault groups” to overwhelm Ukrainian positions near Bakhmut.
By March 2023, prisoners became the largest category of war losses. After the capture of Bakhmut, there have been no cases of mass use of prisoners so far.
By September 2024, volunteers once again emerged as the largest category among the KIA. This shift reflects a cumulative effect: prison recruitment had significantly waned, no new mobilisation had been announced, yet the stream of volunteers continued unabated.
By March 14, the death of over 4,800 officers of the Russian army and other security agencies had been confirmed.
The proportion of officer deaths among overall casualties has steadily declined since the conflict began. In the early stages, when professional contract soldiers formed the main invasion force, officers accounted for up to 10% of fatalities. By November 2024, this figure had dropped to between 2–3%—a shift that reflects both evolving combat tactics and the intensive recruitment of volunteer infantry, who suffer casualty rates many times higher than their commanding officers."
The only time when professionals bore the brunt of the losses amongst Russian forces was in winter and early spring of 2022, they were quickly beaten by the blood that was shed from irregular volunteer formations in mid-fall, the death toll amongst irregular volunteer formations were eventually surpassed by prisoners in 2023 before irregular volunteer formations again emerged as highest category among the KIA later on.
There are other sites than PornHub, ya know.
Average age of a Russian soldier in Ukraine is around 50.
Citation very much needed. Especially because it is a load of bs.
It is now…