>>509911247 (OP)big if true.
Now consider that this 1M figure massively overrepresents young (18-30yo), ethnically Russian men AND also consider the masses of young Russians that fled due to the war. These are the young men that should be having kids and bolstering economic productivity.
This war is now undeniably a suicidal vanity project. Even if Putin were to annex all of Ukraine, the cost of Russia's demographic future makes that a Pyrrhic victory at best.
Ethnic minorities will begin to thrive in Russia and the union will be left more divided than ever, leading to headaches in the not so distant future.
>muh Ukraine lost worse tho...Ukraine's enablers aren't shedding tears over dead Ukies. That's prime real estate Russia is clearing up for the Western investors