I am optimistic that a forward-thinking Russia of the future won’t deny 6 year old girls or 90 year old women the egalitarian opportunity to “defend the motherland”.
Comment on Russia Has Lost 1.2 Million Troops in Ukraine—More Than Its Entire Pre-War Army
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoMore like 35 years until they have 0 military age males left if the currect pace of losses continues. This also doesn’t factor in the people that fled the country after the conscriptions were announced.
14/0.4 = 35
According to the UN’s World Population Prospects report from 2019, there were a projected 14.25 million men aged 20-34 in Russia in 2020.
Hux@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
More like 35 years until they have 0 military age males left
Nah, the thing with “military age” is that you can write down a new set of numbers.
Decq@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Like Russia cares what age you are. As long as you can buffer a few bullets, you’re good to go!
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Sadly^[I mean that earnestly. Having an entire generation hollowed out of country is tragic in any context.], it’s just ~1-2 years for Ukraine. It’s why they’ve resorted to busification.
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BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Both countries are in the same position demographically. Their pyramids looks almost identical.
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FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Key difference is a factor of 4.
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Do these graphs cite a source? I can’t make any out, but maybe it’s a text color thing.
The chart I shared is from the NYT, which is not known for a pro-Russian bias.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Data is from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, visual pyramids are from populationpyramids.org.