Now, he said, the Russians have a manpower advantage of around five to one. Only about 20% of the casualties his battalion takes are replaced by new recruits, and the mobilized men who arrive tend to be older than those who volunteered at the start of the war. As in other brigades, the average age of infantrymen has ticked up over 40.
You also have to keep in mind how fucked up the demographics in Ukraine are. For some weird reason, birthrates were really low in the 90s while many people left the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ukraine
Oh wow that’s weird I wonder what happened in the 90s that would do that.
WAKE ME UP
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
I CAN’T WAKE UP
I wonder what happened in the 90s? Mysteries abound.