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

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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

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The bad news for Putin just grows and grows.

[Callie1979]

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

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

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2. They're working on it!!

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3. On your question about the number of recruits

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

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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]

5. Putin is having problems finding new troops

russia sustained around 9,000 more battlefield losses 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 🇺🇦 (@eugenemcparland.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T12:02:17.619Z