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Posted on 09/18/2025 8:01:04 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the number of Russian servicemen currently in the war zone in Ukraine, APA's Moscow bureau reports.
He noted at a meeting with the leaders of the State Duma factions that more than 700,000 Russian servicemen are currently on the line of contact.
(Excerpt) Read more at en.apa.az ...
Anyone interested can pull up the Reality. Ukrainian General Biletsky in his recent interview has stated losses are extremely high, arms and ammunition is running out….contrary to the western MSM narrative.
His admission also highlights Russia’s huge manufacturing base, the Russian army suffers no such shortages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SWlybXtJfo
“ Front-line situation is dire: high casualties and unsustainably high desertion rates.
Gen. Cerski (noted Sept 8) acknowledged Ukraine faces roughly a threefold disadvantage in forces/resources in key sectors.
Ukraine struggles to man the front — manpower is in “terminal decline” while Russia is reportedly achieving net monthly gains.
Leaders are pinning hopes on technological fixes (UAVs, ground robots, drones) to substitute for missing personnel.
The speaker argues quantity matters: even if Ukraine narrows some technological gaps, Russia’s greater production capacity and redundancy make it hard to match at scale.
Innovations escalate quickly on both sides; any tactical advantage is rapidly mirrored, so sustained technological superiority is unlikely.
Continued Western funding and weapons shipments may keep Ukraine fighting, but relying on a late “miracle” weapon is unrealistic.
The speaker labels current Western/European policies immoral because they willingly sacrifice Ukrainian manpower on the slim hope of a turnaround.
One-sentence takeaway: The front-line reality — severe manpower shortfalls, steady Russian gains, and only marginal technological offsets — makes a decisive Ukrainian recovery unlikely without unsustainable external miracles, making continued policies that rely on such miracles morally questionable.”
Kyiv in 3 days!
How many of them have working weapons?
With that number, he should be able to just roll across Ukraine, but he is not.
Ukraine’s war of attrition of oil infrastructure and radar installations has being effective.
I think the long game is the break up of Russia. I suspect the folks in the east are very unhappy with this incursion that is bleeding them dry of men and other resources. I could see at least three new countries emerging from the remnants with other smaller entities declaring independence.
I am surprised Putin has lasted this long, but it shows the stronghold their system has on the people and those moving up the leadership chain.
This obsession with war will be the undoing of the EU. Agree.
Russia's numerical superiority has so far failed to translate into meaningful gains. The big advance with light infantry north of Pokrovsk was unable to be supplied and reinforced and has been crushed by the UA, which has now actually taken back more territory past the original Russian starting point for that advance.
To put it bluntly, a 3:1 advantage for the Russians is insufficient. What advances have taken place lately are light infantry or infiltration units. The Ukrainians are now allowing them to advance while hammering them with drones and waiting for Russia to attempt to send heavier units which are then hammered by drones and artillery and the original light infantry is mopped up.
This tactic takes advantage of the Russian leadership's pressure on local commanders to advance at all costs and baits them into making advances that cannot be supported. The net result is even higher losses in men and equipment for the RA.
Any military officer is trained in tooth to tail ratio, which has varied through the years. Current modern norms about 15%. Down from the 20s in the World War years.
Meaning, of a troop deployment 15% are in combat. 85% are behind the lines logistics. Far more logistics people are required for one combat troop now than in the 1900s, when equipment was simpler and less things needed replacing.
Logistics people remain at about 20% of the risk of the front line. Everyone always wants to hit logistics, but the equipment, not the people. Hitting the people would be a failure of the munition whose purpose was to destroy equipment.
And so, if the quote is accurate (I saw no video of his alleged quote), then 15% of the 700K are at risk at any point in time. 105K casualties at risk at any point in time.
The numbers splashed are in conflict with this. There are not enough people at risk to generate quoted casualties, and if hit, the 105K number reduces available targets until rotation, which doesn’t happen the next day.
This would mean they are very vulnerable in the east. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
Maybe we should use the excess illegal immigrants to capture Kamchatka. And Japan could regain Sakhalin Island. China could use some extra resources.
Luckily for Russia it’s paranoia is just for show in the West where it is using it as an excuse for opportunistic landgrabbing. It need not worry about anyone save possibly China coveting the east.
Time to acknowledge simple Reality. It appears many here have, the Ukie war supporter’s posts are down to about nothing.
I can say your continuing Hopium and Russian Derangement Syndrome is now nearing the terminal phase….are you still thinking that somehow the Ukies are winning? I stopped believing in Unicorns as a small child….
Good post.
I would add, warfare has changed, in a big way. Drones and robots are the future.
The days of large mechanized tanks and Infantry Fighting Vehicles sweeping across battlefields are gone.
Precision strikes are the way of warfare now.
SLOBBO URCRAYKNEE!!!! FREE DON BASS!
How many are really big guys that run at you saying , “TANK TANK TANK” ? LOL
The crazy neocon / zeeper / Davos Russia-fantasy porn is off-the-charts on FR.
Worse than any other conservative site I have seen. How did they infect it so deeply?
Asinine comments like “Russia has no weapons to continue to fight,” “We’re gonna break Russia up into 3 (or 10 or 20) different states,” or “Russian nuclear weapons don’t work” are thrown around like candy at parade, and hardly anyone blinks.
700,000 men of ability not contributing to the Russian Economy outside of increasing debt through govt spending.
Napolean had same problem, except he conquered and pillaged wealth.
This obsession with war will be the undoing of the EU.
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Amen. I find it extremely amusing senile Joe and the EU’s war against Russia and attempts to destroy Russia have backfired- they are now the ones collapsing.
The EU is and has been a bigger threat to us than Russia ever was. St Z and the EU are the drowning men, they will drag down under all who come close.
General Chicom Notification Miley’s most famous quote attributed to Russians. Miley is the one who first made famous the quip “Kyiv in 3 days!”. MarcusMaxiPadmus bloody attempt to use propoganda and a quote - the mere fact maxi is still posting this shows how the propoganda of the left and zeepers have no basis in reality.
You totally do not understand that Russia does not waste human lives to gain ground. In many of the AFU counterattacks, the Russian’s simply pull back and slaughter the Uke’s once they reoccuppy known killzones. Russia does not hold land for bragging rights or a propoganda war, but rather only moves forward when Ukraine no longer can man positions. The slow grind is a one-sided slaughter of Ukrainian soldiers by standoff weapons. Russian infantry is not engaging in WWII or WWI tactics. Rather, most of their advances are probes to ascertain the weakness of Ukrainian defensive positions,and if repelled they have only lost a squad or two of men, rather than platoons or companies or even battalions; they just pound the area for a few more days, destroy some more of the logistical supply, and then try again with a few men.
Even your example of the area north of Pokrovsk is an example of very few Russians in the entire area, and the herrendous losses of men and machines the AFU is experiencing when pulling these troops from other areas that fall, and in the Pokrovsk area, is only time in over a year wehre an area is being contested in such a manner. Russians are facing a 50-50 fight in this one small area, but Ukraine has lost the initiative there. Even if Ukraine is able to retake this area, the amount of damange to the AFU has been tremendous.
Thus Russia is getting what they desire which is the disarment of the AFU by attrition.
Ukraine has now passed the legistation to send men over 60 to the armed forces.
There was a fallen soldier exchange, and Ukraine recieved back 1000 dead and was only able to product 24 fallen Russians... A month ago it was a 1000 Ukes for 18 Ruskies.
Zelinski is being accused of having actually lost touch with reality. Not out of touch, but rather he is losing his mind. Too much coke will do that.
Russia has waged a war where they use stand off munitions to destroy the AFU, light probes, and eventual advancements at the cost of many Ukrainian lives.
Today, many bloggers are stating the effect of Russian artillery, drones, missiles and FABs are resulting in over a 16-1 KIA disadvantage for Ukraine. Many say it is closer to 20-1 dead Ukrainians at this juncture in the conflict.
Russia is so patient that supporters of Ukraine believe they are actually winning the war with Russia. This war has been won by Russia and it is a damn shame EUropean leaders are so crass as to sacrific so many for literally nothing to gain at this point.
Finally, Jeff Saches has outted Macron for stating over a year ago that NATO started this war. Of course, anyone who has researched the conflict knew it started with the US Coup and immediate murder of Russians inside Ukraine by AZOV elements within the government with US/Brit help.
Russia has a lot of troops. How many in the Ukraine army?
Approximately 2,389,130 personnel
As of September 16, 2024, Russia has approximately 2,389,130 personnel in total, which includes 1,500,000 military personnel. Estimates of active military personnel vary, with figures around 1.328 million to 1.32 million. Additionally, Russia aims to expand its armed forces to 1.5 million by 2026.
Your Putin has a week left to conquer Donetsk.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin reportedly told President Trump his forces could conquer the long-sought-after Donetsk region by October if Ukraine didn’t give up the land as part of a peace deal
I'll just say this...
Russia isn't the nation trying to:
Trans our kids
Lock us in 15 minute cities
rule out all internet privacy
enslave us with digital currency
push all sorts of sexual perversion on us
Take away private property
Strip away all citizen political power
limit free speech
... and so much more.
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