Things are heating up in the Donbass

[tirwin1]

Interesting article on Russia's casualties and where their cannon fodder comes from. Short answer - educated elites in Moscow and St Petersburg are much less likely to be in the army than those from poorer sections of Russia.

Russia's Middle-Aged Poor to the Grinder

...these are not the Stark's greybeards...

cdrsalamander.substack.com

 

[Mosinitis]

Interesting article on Russia's casualties and where their cannon fodder comes from. Short answer - educated elites in Moscow and St Petersburg are much less likely to be in the army than those from poorer sections of Russia.

Russia's Middle-Aged Poor to the Grinder

...these are not the Stark's greybeards...

cdrsalamander.substack.com

They don't have the data to draw this map.
Most of what was published in the West about Russia was highly inaccurate.

 

[tirwin1]

They don't have the data to draw this map.
Most of what was published in the West about Russia was highly inaccurate.

You don't disappoint.

So what are the russian casualty figures and are most of their troops from the poorer regions?

 

[Robin]

Putin Slips Up Death Toll of russian Forces in Ukraine of Over Half a Million K.I.A. | Defense Express

The figure of 500,000 personnel killed in the war against Ukraine is the minimum estimate, actually

en.defence-ua.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/russia-ukraine-casualties.html

 

[Mosinitis]

You don't disappoint.

So what are the russian casualty figures and are most of their troops from the poorer regions?

The number is not in the public domain. It's all speculation. Two significantly different figures just above.

 

[tirwin1]

The number is not in the public domain. It's all speculation. Two significantly different figures just above.

Take a guess, or link to a news source you think is credible.