Russia is suffering losses, but still has a mobilization resource

Russia lost more soldiers in this war than any industrialized country in a conflict since World War II.

Russia continues to suffer significant losses in the war against Ukraine. In October, the number of Russian soldiers killed and wounded became the highest since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, but the Russian army cannot be called exhausted, since in the first half of 2024 Russia managed to mobilize about 900 people every day.

This was reported by The New York Times.

The publication notes that both Russia and Ukraine hide information about their losses, but researchers and journalists use innovative methods to count the number of Russian soldiers killed or so wounded that they can no longer participate in combat operations. Such methods include the analysis of data from obituaries,…