/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1627, Part 1 (Thread #1774)
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Russian recruitment recovered from a weak first quarter. Based on regional budget data, the total number of new contracts was 93,000, or around 1,000 per day in Q2. But recruitment continues to get more expensive. Recruitment is lagging 2025, by about ~10% or ~20k total through June. Average regional cost per recruit was up by over 25%, from 1.4m…
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It completely f-ing stupid at this point. All those bullets are going to come back down somewhere at terminal velocity. The chance of them nailing some Russian in the noggin inside their home is considerably higher than hitting a Ukrainian drone. It don't know how they manage it (okay, I do: Vodka), but here we are looking at them pulling it off…
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Anyone else think it's weird that a technology with this level of military implication is left in private hands? For a south African born , not native US person to make calls having geopolitical ramifications?
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Seems Russian losses are dropping a bit. We were sitting at 1,200 a day for awhile and it worked itself up to 1,400 consistently, sometimes getting to 1,600. Last couple days have been 1,100 though
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I saw a post yesterday saying the Komar direciton was AFU = 40+ km. I assumed this was a operation over a period of time and we're just now hearing about it, but another announced 27 km today?