Wave of mobilization in Russia: Putin is running out of soldiers. By 2030, there will be a shortage of up to four million people in the Russian labor market.
There is also a personnel shortage in the Ukrainian army. The Kremlin's domestic and foreign policy interests are increasingly contradicting each other. It is estimated that more than a million people are missing from the labor market due to the war in Ukraine. The Russian defense industry is also struggling with a labor shortage, according to the Institute for the Study of War.