| Lieutenant-general (ret) Associated Professor Constantin MINCU, Ph.D*
Abstract: This issue has been debated in recent years. Numerous Romanian and foreign specialists have analyzed and published articles and studies in which they demonstrated that wars, unfortunately, are not fought only with sophisticated weapons systems and not only with artificial intelligence (AI), but also with numerous soldiers who operate on the battlefield and give their lives by the tens of thousands, as demonstrated by the war in Ukraine, launched in February 2022 by the “peace-loving” Russian Federation.
I decided to return to this topic after becoming aware of the article published by the former Chief of the General Staff (SMAp), General Ștefan Dănilă, on the adevărul.ro website on august 21, 2026[1].
After four and a half years of fierce war in Ukraine, launched on February 2, 2022, by President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, by this date (august 24, 2026) the warring parties have lost, according to Ukraine and independent sources, such as the International Institute for Strategic Studies[2]: Russia – approximately 1.5 million fighters, killed and wounded, and Ukraine 650,000-700,000 people, in the effort of this aggressed state to cope with the Russian war machine.
This means for the potential conflicts that threaten the entire world and especially Europe, that the demomilitary factor is of vital importance in ensuring the defense and security of any state, including Romania.
Unfortunately, in the absence of any public policies in the field of controlling demographic decline, the Romanian state is doing nothing; on the contrary, the latest so-called austerity measures are hitting families with young children and families who want children hard.
Keywords: demomilitary factor, country’s defense, Russia, Ukraine, Romania.
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscimilit.2026.3.12
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* Entitled member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, member of the Honorary Council of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, Vice President of the Military Sciences Section, phone: 0722303015, email: mincu_constantin@yahoo.com. |
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PUBLISHED in
Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Military Sciences,
Volume 18 no 3, 2026
ISSN Print 2066-7086
ISSN Online 2457-8312 |
