Originally Posted by
John Carr
Indeed. Would be interesting to see how many Ukrainian soldiers are STILL left that have been fighting for fours years straight now.
Nevermind that the average age of a Ukrainian soldier had INCREASED by as much at 10 years according to some.
Never did.
Never was. It’s not like “go pills” were ever a secret.
It’s been a “thing” among warriors forever.
true, but only one in 16 US citizens has military experience.
This article is about 8-9 months old but it’s increasingly relevant.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articl...05/16/7455980/
The population pyramid of Ukraine (well, it’s SUPPOSED to be a pyramid, Ukraine’s is looking nore like a tree) is telling. While the article talks about the paucity of young males, the long term problem is the dearth of young females.
Ukraine population has been dropping since 1991 and there are now so few females of childbearing age or younger that further population decline and aging of the population is inevitable. Even if the fertility rate went up to 2.1-2.2 babies per woman, that would simply maintain a much reduced birth rate and a much smaller next generation with fewer young people of what most of us would consider military age. Nor is Russia in a much better situation except that they are starting from a baseline 4.5 times that of Ukraine.
Neither of these countries actually need more territory. Ukraine is 153 out of 245. countries in the world in population density. Russia is even worse at 228 out of 245. Yet both are sacrificing hundreds of thousands to this war.
if this goes on another few years both sides will have to field mobility scooters for their ancient troops.