Why Russia keeps fighting despite the mounting costs

Can Russia's manpower advantage change the course of the war in Ukraine? As Moscow appears to prepare to bring more troops into the war, Russia is betting that its larger pool of personnel and resources can help it sustain the fighting and outlast Ukraine and its Western partners.

In this interview, The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell speaks with Mykola Bielieskov, senior analyst at Come Back Alive and research fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, about why Russian advances have slowed, how Ukraine’s drone tactics are reshaping the battlefield, and the limits of relying on manpower alone.