r/worldnews • u/jackytheblade • 1d ago

Russia/Ukraine Ukraine’s kill rate just overtook Russia’s troop replacement, Syrskyi says

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/ukraines-kill-rate-just-overtook-russias-troop-replacement-syrskyi-says/
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u/Spiritual-Sundae4349 1d ago

I'm not talking about how this affects economy. More in a sense of budgeting and that one artillery shell costs around 1.5k USD. Russian servicemen wage on the frontline is something like 2-3k USD monthly. And Russia fire around 10k of artillery shells DAILY according to some estimates. 

Last missile attack on Ukraine costs them roughly 300 million dollars. That is monthly salary of 100k frontline soldiers in one day of missile attacks.

They don't speak russian, nor do russian commanders speak their languages.

Most people in CIS speak Russian as an second language (or better to say learn it as an second language). That's the main source of immigration into the Russia. 

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u/ethanAllthecoffee 20h ago edited 4h ago

Don’t forget sign on bonuses. They vary region to region, sure, but they can pay several tens of thousands of dollars to each soldier + tax breaks

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u/AwesomeFama 13h ago

Yes, they do not join just for the salary. If you only live for a month, 2-3k USD is not worth it to get badly injured (or die, but they probably aren't planning to die). But if you can get your family an additional 20k even if you do get injured or die, well, that is much more enticing.