Interesting observations on Russian forces losses...

[CaptainTruth]

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Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe
Military beat @washingtonpost.

Russia now has 100 percent of the forces it assembled prior to invading committed to the fight. It has under 90 percent of those forces available to them, after taking losses, senior U.S. defense official says.

Rob Lee @RALee85
PhD student @warstudies. Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST, and @AlfaFellowship. Focused on Russian defense policy.

Russia deployed 75% of its permanent readiness ground forces to Ukraine, so this would mean it has lost ~6-7% of its total. Keep in mind that much of these losses have been sustained by Russia's elite forces: VDV, spetsnaz, 1st Tank Army, etc. That will take time to reconstitute.

Not to mention, Russia has struggled to meet its targets for contract servicemen in the Russian military. It is losing many of them here and of course there will be a question as to whether future conscripts decide to continue their service after watching this war.

[samsingh]

1. will foreign fighters even get paid - or get paid in rubles that are worthless

[NCjack]

2. The same can be asked in regard to the Russian military -- will they be paid, and if so, in roubles?

[AleksS]

3. Is anything stopping China from taking a bite

Out of Russia right now?