They only lost a thousand troops yesterday, but they've been averaging about 1,500/day which at 1,500,000 per recruit for signing bonuses means that it is costing the Kremlin over two billion rubles per day.
They can not long afford that, but like the Russian propagandists are saying on TV they just have to hold out until Trump is inaugurated.
Hopefully, the Russian economy will crash before Trump bails them out!
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/113525413178787305