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They’re currently recruiting/pressganging as much, so they’ve clearly chosen war of attrition against Ukraine that just don’t have the population to sustain it. I think the population ratio of Russia : Ukraine is about 4 : 1, and Russia keeps stealing people from allied countries as well.
Edit: corrected ratio to 2024 population
You’re right, I’m mixing Russias population with the US.
Worldometer figures put it at 3,8 : 1 though