Seth Jones

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The President's Daily Brief · PDB Situation Report | January 31st, 2026: American Firepower Gathers at Iran’s Doorstep & The Cost of Putin’s War · 31 Jan 2026 podcast

So we see about a ratio of 2.5...

or so Russians killed or wounded compared to every one Ukrainian.

So that's interesting because, you know, the Russians have a much bigger mobilization capacity than than Ukraine, but they are getting wounded and dying at a much greater rate

But as you look into the future, Ukraine does have a numbers challenge and its conscription is still around 25 years of age.

Remember, during World War Two, down 18 in the United States.

I think the Ukrainians have some very difficult choices if this war continues on.

dealing with some of the defectors, because they've had a number of young men in particular that have defected and not served, but also probably going to have to rethink the conscription age because they need bodies.

Yeah, well, first of all, the Kremlin did come out earlier this week and comment on the report and said that the only reliable numbers were not from us or any other Western organization, but was from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

So they did denounce the report, which means the Kremlin, some people in the Kremlin anyway, have read it.

But I would just say more broadly.

You know, I think the answer to the question depends on what

what President Putin thinks the U.S.

is going to do if the U.S.

were to impose additional sanctions on Russia as a number of members of Congress on both the Republican and Democratic side have been pushing for and or continue to provide some aid and intelligence to the Ukrainians along with the Europeans.

And that's the future that he's got to face.

you know, that's a tough pill to swallow year after year to lose the numbers that he's talking about.

But if he does believe that support for Ukraine is likely to decrease, including from the U.S., I think he'll be willing to continue for the foreseeable future.

And I mean, at the end of the day, I think

Putin considers most of the people that are dying or being wounded as expendable.

I mean, again, they're from largely the Far East or the North Caucasus, not the politically important areas that would be meaningful for him, like St.

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