Russia, meanwhile, has struggled to respond quickly and effectively, partly due to its complex military structures, a lack of contingency plans, and poor command and control.
and Russia is running out of troops due to the above and the tactic of meat waves, 10 at a time until the objective is achieved or they run out of troops.
Putin cannot mobile as that is extremely unpopular. So he ups each soldier’s salary to 10 million rubles (just under 110K), money which Russia does not have as it burns through its cash reserves.
Russian military has grown from 500k to 1.4m in the past 24 months. Ukraine has gone from 1.2m to 530k. Ukraine knows Russia only wants four regions, however Russia is fully planning for a force of 2.1m and 1.5m in Ukraine by 2026. Ukraine recruits 39k a month and loses 60k. Russia recruits 300k every 6 months, sometimes more.