and WW1 broke the Russian Empire. Also deaths of the Russian Empire were 1.6-1.9% of the total population. So it is getting to that point, which is kind of crazy.

Russians in WW1 had artillery support, these days russians are sent to die alone and pushed up against a sophisticated combined arms defense with no artillery nor armored vehicles supporting them to create even the remote possibility of success.

It is hard to comprehend how pointless and futile the russian war machine is.

Hmmm. Have they gained as much ground as the Germans did?