“What he wants is to destroy Ukraine’s military, he thinks it’s an existential threat to Russia.”
Killing off the young men of Ukraine is the only real leverage Putin can exert on Ukraine.
“Killing off the young men of Ukraine is the only real leverage Putin can exert on Ukraine.”
There is other damage but you definitely have a point, it’s the real leverage Putin wants. Soon he’ll be able to kill 60 year-olds, he is making progress:
In 2022 The Russian Army was listed at 1,346,221, Ukraine: 969,950.
2024: Russia: 1,320,000, Ukraine: [Too many to count, no number given.] Estimate from CoPilot is 900,000. Kind of hard to defend 600 miles of front with almost half a million less soldiers than the other side.