As an attritional factor, I wonder how the cost of Russian death gratuities and mounting disability payments compares to the cost of ATACMS rounds?
My guess is that Russia is paying more, especially in proportion to their economy or Government budget.
The human cost is horrific, but that is not Putin’s concern. The cannon fodder on the other hand, will likely eventually tire of the tradeoff.
It is a brutal calculus, but war is an ugly thing.
I wonder if the pay and death benifits are even being paid at least at promised rates
It has been said that Russians do not collect many of their dead so as they can be listed as missing and therefore no benifits for families, and imagine any pay will be stopped as well