George Barros
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There are also instances where sometimes the conscripts are pressured or they'll go after Russians that have debts, the remittances, they'll go after criminals too. A popular tactic now to get out of debts or student loans or be able to absolve yourself of a criminal record is go volunteer in Ukraine.
There are also instances where sometimes the conscripts are pressured or they'll go after Russians that have debts, the remittances, they'll go after criminals too. A popular tactic now to get out of debts or student loans or be able to absolve yourself of a criminal record is go volunteer in Ukraine.
You're having problems with the law, well, you want to go to that court here, you could go volunteer to fight. And so, these are the various different ways that they get to that number. Okay.
You're having problems with the law, well, you want to go to that court here, you could go volunteer to fight. And so, these are the various different ways that they get to that number. Okay.
You're having problems with the law, well, you want to go to that court here, you could go volunteer to fight. And so, these are the various different ways that they get to that number. Okay.
It depends on the type of unit that they go to. Specialists get specialist training. If you're going to be a drone operator or a radio man or an electronic warfare engineer, you will get more specialized training. Typically, those are specialized conscripts that will be recruited for specialist roles. Those are really the very creme de la creme special sort of things.
It depends on the type of unit that they go to. Specialists get specialist training. If you're going to be a drone operator or a radio man or an electronic warfare engineer, you will get more specialized training. Typically, those are specialized conscripts that will be recruited for specialist roles. Those are really the very creme de la creme special sort of things.
It depends on the type of unit that they go to. Specialists get specialist training. If you're going to be a drone operator or a radio man or an electronic warfare engineer, you will get more specialized training. Typically, those are specialized conscripts that will be recruited for specialist roles. Those are really the very creme de la creme special sort of things.
Now, the vast majority of the so-called unwashed masses that just get funneled into light infantry, frontal assault, suicide squad sort of stuff, they'll be lucky if they get up to a month of training. And when you watch the combat footage of when they go and fight and how they're deployed tactically, I mean, they are wasted at scale.
Now, the vast majority of the so-called unwashed masses that just get funneled into light infantry, frontal assault, suicide squad sort of stuff, they'll be lucky if they get up to a month of training. And when you watch the combat footage of when they go and fight and how they're deployed tactically, I mean, they are wasted at scale.
Now, the vast majority of the so-called unwashed masses that just get funneled into light infantry, frontal assault, suicide squad sort of stuff, they'll be lucky if they get up to a month of training. And when you watch the combat footage of when they go and fight and how they're deployed tactically, I mean, they are wasted at scale.
I was just in Ukraine last week and I got a data point from a senior Ukrainian officer who told me that Ukrainian forces conducted 5,000 FPV quadcopter drone strike missions just in the course of one day. And those were missions that were being flown against individual infantrymen, against vehicles, against tanks, that sort of thing.
I was just in Ukraine last week and I got a data point from a senior Ukrainian officer who told me that Ukrainian forces conducted 5,000 FPV quadcopter drone strike missions just in the course of one day. And those were missions that were being flown against individual infantrymen, against vehicles, against tanks, that sort of thing.
I was just in Ukraine last week and I got a data point from a senior Ukrainian officer who told me that Ukrainian forces conducted 5,000 FPV quadcopter drone strike missions just in the course of one day. And those were missions that were being flown against individual infantrymen, against vehicles, against tanks, that sort of thing.
So, those guys are basically given a rifle and maybe some basic team or if they're lucky, platoon level training. And then at that point, they're basically just sent off.
So, those guys are basically given a rifle and maybe some basic team or if they're lucky, platoon level training. And then at that point, they're basically just sent off.
So, those guys are basically given a rifle and maybe some basic team or if they're lucky, platoon level training. And then at that point, they're basically just sent off.
Sure. It's ebbed and flowed in terms of the monthly losses, depending on the tempo and the different phases of the war. My current running assessment is that the Russians suffer about 35 to 45,000 casualties killed or wounded per month. It's roughly a casualty rate of about 1,000 to depending 1,200 or 1,500 guys a day. In terms of over the entire scope of the war, if I remember correctly,
Sure. It's ebbed and flowed in terms of the monthly losses, depending on the tempo and the different phases of the war. My current running assessment is that the Russians suffer about 35 to 45,000 casualties killed or wounded per month. It's roughly a casualty rate of about 1,000 to depending 1,200 or 1,500 guys a day. In terms of over the entire scope of the war, if I remember correctly,
Sure. It's ebbed and flowed in terms of the monthly losses, depending on the tempo and the different phases of the war. My current running assessment is that the Russians suffer about 35 to 45,000 casualties killed or wounded per month. It's roughly a casualty rate of about 1,000 to depending 1,200 or 1,500 guys a day. In terms of over the entire scope of the war, if I remember correctly,