According to reports, a lawmaker in Russia who is sympathetic of President Vladimir Putin is in favor of a draft that would add an additional 300, 000 to 500, 000 soldiers to the current fight in Ukraine. This would be done so that Russia could increase its personnel.
According to Aleksandr Borodai, a member of Russia' s State Duma who also assisted in the leadership of pro- Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Borodai told The New York Times that if there is not such a draft, Russian units will continue to be outnumbered by Ukraine' s forces.
Borodai is currently serving in the Russian legislature. In addition to this, he said that it was a " glaring injustice" that living in the Russian capital of Moscow has not changed at all since the beginning of the conflict, despite the fact that the health of Russia' s military is continuing to deteriorate.
Since the end of March, when Russian state media stated that Russia had lost around 1, 351 soldiers, Russia has not published an estimate of the number of troops it has lost in Ukraine. Ukraine has pointed to a significantly larger death toll for Russia, with its most current estimate estimating Russian force casualties at around 50, 000 from the beginning of the conflict on February 24 until September 1.
In the meanwhile, it seems like both sides' advances on the front lines of the battle have slowed down in the last few weeks. This may be placing an even larger premium on the significance of Russia expanding the number of its soldiers.
" Last week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Russia was " deliberately" slowing the pace of its offensive in Ukraine in order to minimize civilian casualties, an explanation that was mocked by the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.
Shoigu' s statement was made in response to a question regarding why Russia was " deliberately" slowing the pace of its offensive in Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) determined in its Wednesday conflict update that military operations of that scale cannot succeed or fail in a day or a week. Despite the fact that Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in the southern Kherson region that is occupied by Russia, the ISW came to this conclusion. "
Meanwhile, it seems like both sides' advances on the front lines of the battle have slowed down in the last few weeks. This may be placing an even larger premium on the significance of Russia expanding the number of its soldiers.
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