"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (110 Viewers)
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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?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dy_A2dIexU
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dy_A2dIexU
A former drone operator (for Ukraine) giving a detailed overview of one of the common FPV drones:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_O7dWgMa6I
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_O7dWgMa6I
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Must be a FedEx delivery.
Some interesting commentary in this one:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Ox4rkFB5Q
Lt. Colonel Maksym Ustymenko apparently steered his crippled jet away from civilians, sacrificing himself in the process.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Ox4rkFB5Q
Lt. Colonel Maksym Ustymenko apparently steered his crippled jet away from civilians, sacrificing himself in the process.
MiTasol
Major
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 duringdefence-blog.com
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It appears they were really intelligent and fitted a gantry behind it to limit its field of fire.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
That's gotta have a long logistical tail.
Jabberwocky
Tech Sergeant
LOTS of people have been talking about this. Here are some of the more recent articles/analysis pieces on Russia and its manpower issues:
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
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
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
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.
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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RogerdeLluria
Staff Sergeant
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A few pages back we were talking about using nets to chase drones.
View: https://x.com/visionergeo/status/1939400061726642509
View: https://x.com/visionergeo/status/1939400061726642509
Snautzer01
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- Mar 26, 2007
Net launchers.
