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Russia lacks troops, ammunition for major offensive in Ukraine, NATO official tells Reuters (kyivindependent.com)

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[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

As long as Ukraine is supplied weapons, the rule of thumb is that Russia looses as many troops as the pre-war population of the city/place they are trying to take over. So they would need 38 million troops to take over Ukraine.

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