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John Ratcliffe: “The average life expectancy of a Russian recruit right now…”

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Published | Video Starts at 05:49

So what I will say is our intelligence is consistent with some of the open source reporting you may have seen in Ukraine. So the The average life expectancy of a Russian recruit right now arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine is estimated to be between 20 and 30 minutes. 20 and 30 minutes. And, and that's because, you know, AI powered drones have, have gotten to be such specialized, low cost killing machines. (05:49–06:05)

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