Putin Struggles To Recruit

ISW: The Russian military may be struggling to recruit enough new military personnel

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That’s the only direction daily casualties have gone for Russian troops since the start of the Ukraine invasion—up. From losing 386 soldiers per day in March 2022, the Russian army is now burning through five times that number. The rate of losses has reached a point where, for the first time since the war began, Putin is struggling to keep up with the attrition.