Russia seeks to increase its forces which could be an indication that casualties are higher than reported. In war time nations don't want to release its casualty data because it inadvertently tips off the other side (137K Kremlin Recruit). Thus intelligence becomes increasingly important so nations use video, eye witness accounts, counting supply chain orders (i.e. body bags or other markers from other countries and/or supplies that create those items), size of troop movements (left behind refuge like food packaging, refuse, etc..), satellite and drone images, etc...
What this could indicate is that there has been a draw from Ukraine and war fatigue setting in (What was expected to be a quick war ended up being drawn out and costly. Sanctions and push back from the international community appears to be taking a toll. They were likely not prepared for this and scrambled into Plan B). That is fairly normal in a conflict/war of this size. Culturally Russia often uses size versus skill. There are likely layers of skill and abilities (highly trained units mixed with lower trained teams) but a preference for bulk size goes all the way back to the use of relatively low trained peasants during Peter the Great and WWI.
This is a matter of strategy. The U.S. should focus on highly trained nimble/mobile/versatile soldiers, great support staff, and the use of wearable technology and advanced robotic technology. That includes new space race development. We would sort of need to develop advanced manufacturing and innovation that can comes from purposeful clustering (Something we should really try at least once! I got a great idea on how that might work! Maybe a dumb idea but it could help perhaps. 🤷)
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