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blue-wave

(4,944 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:27 PM 3 hrs ago

Russian Losses Have Exceeded New Recruits for 3 Straight Months, Syrsky Says

Source: Kyiv Post

Russian military losses have exceeded the number of new recruits joining the Russian army for three consecutive months, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky said on Friday, March 13.

Syrsky made the statement after meeting with his Swedish counterpart, General Mikael Claesson, who visited Ukraine to discuss military cooperation and support.

“The Kremlin has no intention of stopping offensive actions, although it is suffering significant losses on the battlefield, which for three months in a row have exceeded the number of reinforcements joining the Russian army,” Syrsky said in a post on Facebook.



Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/71895



The bad news for Putin just grows and grows.
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Russian Losses Have Exceeded New Recruits for 3 Straight Months, Syrsky Says (Original Post) blue-wave 3 hrs ago OP
How do they know the number of new recruits? Callie1979 3 hrs ago #1
They're working on it!! blue-wave 3 hrs ago #2
On your question about the number of recruits blue-wave 2 hrs ago #3

Callie1979

(1,301 posts)
1. How do they know the number of new recruits?
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:31 PM
3 hrs ago

Just need to keep bleeding Putin as much as possible & hitting those big targets

I REALLY want that damn Kerch Bridge in the water too

blue-wave

(4,944 posts)
3. On your question about the number of recruits
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:14 PM
2 hrs ago

I would venture to guess that one of or many of the Ukrainian intelligence services have their eyes and ears on that issue.

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