• Russia’s army has grown bigger despite sustaining losses when it invaded Ukraine, says a US general.
  • US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said the Russian army “is actually now larger — by 15 percent.”
  • “Russia is on track to command the largest military on the continent,” Cavoli said.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    8 months ago

    Okay? Ukraine also has a fraction of Russia’s population. Why would that give it a larger army?

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      8 months ago

      Your argument before made it seem as though conscription was one sided. I’m not arguing with a stranger on the Internet… that’d be silly

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        8 months ago

        Forced conscription makes a large military in a country with a huge population much larger. Ukraine isn’t even relevant to the equation.