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Russia's military is struggling to find recruits. The only way to convince people to join their war against Ukraine is to offer them excessively high military recruitment bonuses and salaries. But these efforts, while a short term fix for producing manpower, have an effect on the quality of Russia's soldiers that Russia may not have properly anticipated. And with a declining Russian economy, these payments can't be kept up forever. What happens next?


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GTX said:
defence-blog.com

Russia secures supply lines with armored trains

Russian state media have showcased the continued use of armored trains—an unconventional but deeply rooted element of the country’s military logistics—on occupied Ukrainian territory. The state media showed the armored train Yenisey operating under the “Center” group of forces during
defence-blog.com defence-blog.com

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It appears they were really intelligent and fitted a gantry behind it to limit its field of fire.
 
GTX said:
Russia's military is struggling to find recruits. The only way to convince people to join their war against Ukraine is to offer them excessively high military recruitment bonuses and salaries. But these efforts, while a short term fix for producing manpower, have an effect on the quality of Russia's soldiers that Russia may not have properly anticipated. And with a declining Russian economy, these payments can't be kept up forever. What happens next?


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LOTS of people have been talking about this. Here are some of the more recent articles/analysis pieces on Russia and its manpower issues:

janiskluge.substack.com

Russia's recruitment campaign loses steam in May

In 2025, the Russian military added over 1,000 new recruits per day. Most regions easily met their quotas and stopped increasing their sign-on bonuses. However, recruitment slowed down in May.
janiskluge.substack.com janiskluge.substack.com

Institute for the Study of War

Russian military recruitment officials are reportedly leveraging a new law extending the validity of conscription notices to detain military-aged men and meet Russia's record-high Spring 2025 conscription quota. Putin signed a law on April 21 that
www.understandingwar.org www.understandingwar.org

Institute for the Study of War

Russia may have recently tested a new Iranian-made Shahed (Geran) drone with new precision capabilities, while likely simultaneously fielding new Russian-made radio-controlled Shahed drones. Ukrainian forces discovered Shahed drone debris on June 18 that
www.understandingwar.org www.understandingwar.org

cepa.org

Russia’s Year of Truth: The Soldier Shortage

Despite Russian misinformation, there is a crisis in Vladimir Putin’s military with a lack of troop recruitment and mounting casualties.
cepa.org cepa.org



To balance the ledger though, Ukraine is also having significant manpower/force-generation problems. They've gone from a situation of too many bodies with not enough equipment, to too few bodies to make the best use of the equipment they now have.
 
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