Russia losing 6,000 more troops in Ukraine than it can recruit each month, says west
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Moscow recruits an estimated 1,000 people a day, but officials say it cannot keep up with its level of casualties Russia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have said. While Russia is still acquiring new battlefield recruits at speed, with an estimated rate of 1,000 a day, in the last two months even this has not been sufficient to replace those killed or in…
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