re: #74 ckkatz

True, the Russia Army and the Russian National Leadership have not historically been concerned about body counts.

You raise an interesting question.

When is Russia going to run out of the ability to continue an attack. While it hasn’t happened yet, a lot of analysts have been predicting some time in the early fall.

This prediction is based upon a lot of questions and assumptions.

One big question is whether Putin officially calls up the reserves and the draftees. And how he uses them. If Putin doesn’t, then the Russian Army will grind to a halt at some point this year.

If Putin does call up the reserves and draftees and lets them get trained and organized into units which would then need to train, the process will be many months. If the masses of unorganized and untrained luckless are just thrown into combat… Well, the survivors will be adequate soldiers. However few that might be.

Meanwhile, the Russian Army is trying to get volunteers at up to age 40. And bringing out tanks from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. And bringing back a retired general to pilot a plane. One analyst noted that this is not… ‘optimal’.

But the Russians have been willing to suffer casualties that would lead other nations to rethink their objectives. It would seem that only the demise of Putin (however it came about) would lead to a Russian government that may stop this bloodbath. I fear for the ultimate outcome and the toll is taking on the people of Ukraine.