Posted on 09/01/2022 6:54:17 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The United States has determined that Russia is suffering "severe manpower shortages" in its six-month-old war with Ukraine and has become more desperate in its efforts to find new troops to send to the front lines, according to a new American intelligence finding disclosed Wednesday.
Russia is looking to address the shortage of troops in part by compelling soldiers wounded earlier in the war to return to combat, recruiting personnel from private security companies and even recruiting from prisons, according to a U.S. official who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity to discuss the downgraded intelligence finding.
The official added that the intelligence community has determined that one step that Russia's Defense Ministry is expected to take soon is recruiting convicted criminals to enlist "in exchange for pardons and financial compensation."
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There’s something called the tooth to tail ratio. How many non combat personnel does it take to keep one soldier in the feild? Depending on what that soldier is doing it may three to five. Payroll, logistics, truck drivers, medical all count.
thats 5 BS propagnda articles you posted in the last 3 hours.
have you no shame?
why is Mucus taking a break?
They should do what the Pentagon is doing: openly recruiting homos. Make them a deal. If they serve a full recruitment, then they won’t be prosecuted for being homos, and they can homo-it around (in private) with other veteran homos as much as they like.
Russia has only used about 1/10th of its military in this war. Most of the fighting on the ground in Donbass has been done by militias of the DPR and LPR.
It's Ukrainians being sent to the meat grinder, with 10,000s dying.
You're nothing but puppet of the Biden regime, which is lying about the war as much as it lies about everything else.
If you want to unify with Biden, BECOME A DEMOCRAT.
The USA has a manpower shortage as well in the military. We will need to draft illegals soon to fill the ranks. I know I wouldn’t want to Join the woke Military and fight for Biden/Pelosi/Soros America. Let the FBI fight the wars for the Liberal Leftists!
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