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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The longer this goes on the more worn out the Ukraines are going to get and they don't likely have reserves so they can rest men and maintain equipment.
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One thing Ukraine is not short on is soldiers. Active army of 200k+, plus a reserve force of 900k, and a population of 44M with a long history of mandatory sercice. Women also serve in pretty significant numbers, making up for something like 15% of their armed forces before the war started. (That's pre-war numbers.)
Russia has a massive equipment advantage, and many of those Ukrainian reserves are quite far removed from their mandatory military service years, but in terms of warm bodies with at least some training, Ukraine probably has a significant advantage, and logistics likely make it much easier to provide rest for Ukrainian troops, who after all are on home ground.
Plus the number of foreign volunteers is apparently not insignificant.
Ukraine still has most of their reserves working their day jobs rather than putting on uniforms.