Russia-Ukraine War: Russian officers inflating number of troops - GUR
The fact that a military would inflate the number of troops under their command isn't unprecedented, with a recent example being in Afghanistan.
Russian servicemen take part in the ceremony marking the beginning of the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) from Kazakhstan, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 13, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/PAVEL MIKHEYEV)ByAARON REICH