The staggering amount of death in the Russia Ukraine war is difficult to fathom, and remains the main reason the war must end as quickly as humanly possible. According to Sec. Rubio, in just the last seven months over 100,000 Russian soldiers have died. “Not injured — dead.” Many people aren't aware that Putin is able to sustain his troop levels by harvesting manpower from the rural, poor parts of Russia, using lucrative buyout packages for young men with no future. He has used these young men as cannon fodder to feed the war machine. Putin avoids drawing any troops from Moscow or St. Petersburg to keep the ruling elite passively supportive. And that’s not even taking into account Ukrainian casualties, which are also staggering.