Putin Says Russia Suffers about 5000 KIA a Month. Is that Sustainable? - William Spaniel

[TexasTowelie]

During a June 5 press conference, Vladimir Putin may have inadvertently commented on the number of fatalities Russia is currently facing in Ukraine: 5000 per month. This video explores how that estimate is calculated and whether those losses are militarily and politically sustainable for the Kremlin.

0:00 Putin Discusses Russian Casualties
3:28 Are Those Losses Militarily Sustainable?
5:16 Are Those Losses Politically Sustainable?
11:31 Outtake

[getagrip_already]

1. More like 7k-10k a week.... depending on the advsnces going on

The people he doesn't care about. It's the tanks, armor, trucks, artillery, and planes he can't keep losing.

[Marcus IM]

2. Pretty close to the death toll numbers of the NRA's war on Americans.

https://usafacts.org/data/topics/security-safety/crime-and-justice/firearms/firearm-deaths/

[keithbvadu2]

3. Russia has long utilized a policy of attrition.

[GreenWave]

4. People are but cannon fodder to Putin. Maybe that's why he wants to reward women for huge families.

He sees the need to replenish his ill prepared troops.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Putin has decimated the Russian military

Link to tweet

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Their birth rate has been declining for decades,

and their population is now likewise declining. That was happening even without this unfortunate war.