Russian Army Ramps Up Female Recruitment Amid Force Depletion

The Defense Post ^ | JULY 11, 2023 | JOE SABALLA

[adorno]

Ukraine has lost hundreds of thousands of men at this point and the Russians MAYBE 110K, if that.

What I've heard and read is that, the Russians have lost close to a million in dead and injured. Which would indicate the reasons why they need to recruit women and the older men and from their allies. No doubt that the Russians have suffered a lot more casualties than the Ukrainians.

You don't have to be pro-Russia in order to be anti-Ukraine, which some/many people on FR seem to be.

Learn something about tactics before posting.

What the heck do you know about me to be making that statement?

I went to war, and as a former Marine (yeah, I know, once a Marine, always a Marine), I think I know something about how to fight in a war. How 'bout you? What do you know?

I also now that, you can't believe what the enemy tells you, and I also know that, a lot of things on YouTube can't be believed either.

And, did ou know that a lot of the tactics used by the Ukes sin the war are from NATO/U.S. forces, who are there training and advising? Do you know better than them?

[ansel12]

That article doesn’t support your claims.

Your post said that women of draft age are forbidden to leave and are being drafted.

[Svartalfiar]

“ Force Depletion”? Russia currently has a 1.25 million man army, and their Congress ( Duma) just voted to increase it to 1.5 million by the end of 2024.

They have enough 18-24 year old males ( unlike the Ukies 18-60 year olds- or the US’s 480, 000 Army and declining) to take on NATO and the collective West….should the West make a blunder and intervene.

Russia has been slowly depleting the top of their available draftees, and they're just gonna keep getting worse.

And your US analogy is an extremely incorrect comparison, Russia's "1.15MM man army" includes their navy, air force, specops, and rocket forces (and whatever else they break it into). Include US numbers from those same services, and you hit about 1.3MM, plus another 7-800MM in Guard and Reserve. And I guarantee our Guard/Reserve is waaay better trained than Russia's Reserve forces. And Russia's "National Guard" is more of a militarized police force / border patrol, not really full-blown military.

We wouldn't even need the rest of NATO, there is no other country on this planet that could beat us one-on-one. China jumping in might make it difficult, but I would put money on these US still coming out on top.