Originally Posted by
transport jock
The figure I heard before the invasion started, was that for a country of Ukraine’s size, they would need atleast 300000 troops just to secure the major cities after a military victory. That’s one of the reason the person they were interviewing said they didn’t think Russia would invade because they didn’t have enough troops on the borders..
Russia only has 280,000 it its entire army. It has many more in the reserves but as unpopular as this is I think you could discount them to being an effective force. You then have to counter this against the numbers they need in eastern, and southern Russia. And because it’s the type of state that it is you almost need troops everywhere to keep order when/if the rioting starts.