Active Conflicts & News Megathread September 01, 2025

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[u/Awkward-Ad-5359]

Is Russia ever having problems to find more soldiers?

Russian meatwaves are relentless. If they start having problems to find soldiers it will (hopefully) give Ukrainians some time to rest by slowing down the meatwave tactic to some degree.

I'd appreciate it if you shared what you know about that.

[u/Duncan-M → u/Awkward-Ad-5359]

Russia doesnt use Meatwave tacrics, so that's probably something you would want to address before coming to terms with this question. If you define the problem using propaganda, the only acceptable reply will then need to be propaganda.

[u/Lejeune_Dirichelet → u/Duncan-M]

The terms "meatwave" or "meat assault" are also used by the Russian side.

[u/Duncan-M → u/Lejeune_Dirichelet]

Show me when "meatwave" was used by the Russians. Meat Waves are synonymous with human wave attacks. Pretty hard to do that with squads and fireteams attacking here and there, which is how the Russians have done those attacks for years.

No doubt "Meat Assault" is a term used, as the Russians are definitely using Meat, I've said so myself. But to qualify all Russian infantry attacks as meat is just false. In fact, and per numerous Pro_UA sources too, a large number of RU advances aren't even attacks anymore, as they can easily infiltrate right through the Ukrainian lines, bereft due to their manpower crisis and orders to not engage the Russians unless being assaulted.