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Russia's Military is About to Face One of Their Greatest Challenges Yet - Paul Warburg
Russia has a problem in their war against Ukraine that gets worse every day. They are running low on competent officers, and with each officer lost, they get harder and harder to replace. Russia isn't just losing men, it's losing military competence and institutional knowledge. In this video we talk about why this is one of the worst aspects of attrition that Russia faces in the Ukraine War, and why Ukraine does not have the same problem.