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(5,174 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:27 PM Mar 13

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 Mar 13 OP

How do they know the number of new recruits? Callie1979 Mar 13 #1

They're working on it!! blue-wave Mar 13 #2

On your question about the number of recruits blue-wave Mar 13 #3

The losses of the Russian army exceed the pace of its mobilization LetMyPeopleVote Mar 14 #4

Putin is having problems finding new troops LetMyPeopleVote Mar 14 #5

Callie1979

(1,352 posts)

1. How do they know the number of new recruits?

Reply to blue-wave (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:31 PM

Mar 13

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

(5,174 posts)

2. They're working on it!!

Reply to Callie1979 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:34 PM

Mar 13

blue-wave

(5,174 posts)

3. On your question about the number of recruits

Reply to Callie1979 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:14 PM

Mar 13

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

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,007 posts)

4. The losses of the Russian army exceed the pace of its mobilization

Reply to blue-wave (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:25 PM

Mar 14

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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrskyi stated that the losses of the Russian army exceed the pace of its mobilization

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— Naida46 (@naida46.bsky.social) 2026-02-21T22:37:39.075Z

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,007 posts)

5. Putin is having problems finding new troops

Reply to blue-wave (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:26 PM

Mar 14

russia sustained around 9,000 moreÂ battlefield lossesÂ in #Ukraine than it was able to replace in January, according to assessments from Western officials cited by Bloomberg.

Source: United 24 Media
— Eugene McParland ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¦ (@eugenemcparland.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T12:02:17.619Z

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