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More slaughter of the masses. By my rough and ready estimation, public trial and execution of around 200 high profile people around the world would provide the impetus needed to start to change things. Fair trials of course.
Who , or what post , are you replying to ?They may believe that but the ability for the Russian state to do anything about it won't be there.
Putin can't mobilise anymore troops and equip them he just doesn't have the kit Russian is spending about a 1/3rd of it's budget on defence $100 billion dollars we spent just under 3% for nearly $70 billion US spends 12% for nealry nearly 900 billion
for that $100 billion
he needs to fund a startegic nuclear force
a Navy 3 fleet Atlantic Pacific and black sea fleets
an air force
A million strong army
we struggle to fully equip and man a 100000strong force
Russia claims to have 5000 odd nukers and 1600 deployed that's a lot of hardware that needs guarding expensive maintence America spends about $75 billion on it's nukes
so even at rock bottom prices thats 10 % of the Russian budget gone already
War boils down to logisitcs and demographics Russia is going to break itself in Ukarine it's fighting at exsistential threat to exsistence level against the West who are using up stockpiles and what they have lying around Americas builds Abraham tanks every year just to keep the factory's open!
the idea that Russia will be full of hatred for Ukarine that may be true but their will be fuck all they can do about it.Who , or what post , are you replying to ?
Ta. You can just tag the person you are replying to , like this Bahnhof Strassethe idea that Russia will be full of hatred for Ukarine that may be true but their will be fuck all they can do about it.
Putins driven Russia off a cliff. It was a potential threat to the West and could leverage it's "fleet in being" nature Fleet in being - Wikipedia Getting the West to take him Seriously but after losing a flagship to a country without a Navy. getting his elite parachute forces exterminated etc. Russia has gone from a rival to a joke it can't even sell it's weapons abroad anymore.
They may believe that but the ability for the Russian state to do anything about it won't be there.
Putin can't mobilise anymore troops and equip them he just doesn't have the kit Russian is spending about a 1/3rd of it's budget on defence $100 billion dollars we spent just under 3% for nearly $70 billion US spends 12% for nealry nearly 900 billion
for that $100 billion
he needs to fund a startegic nuclear force
a Navy 3 fleet Atlantic Pacific and black sea fleets
an air force
A million strong army
we struggle to fully equip and man a 100000strong force
Russia claims to have 5000 odd nukers and 1600 deployed that's a lot of hardware that needs guarding expensive maintence America spends about $75 billion on it's nukes
so even at rock bottom prices thats 10 % of the Russian budget gone already
War boils down to logisitcs and demographics Russia is going to break itself in Ukarine it's fighting at exsistential threat to exsistence level against the West who are using up stockpiles and what they have lying around Americas builds Abraham tanks every year just to keep the factory's open!
Union flad.I've heard some people say that in the UK it's whether or not you're allowed to be in the union jack. It's not me who makes the rules about the union jack though - don't shoot the messenger.
It's only the Union Jack when it is flying from the jackstaff of a Royal Navy vessel.I've heard some people say that in the UK it's whether or not you're allowed to be in the union jack. It's not me who makes the rules about the union jack though - don't shoot the messenger.
Apparently not Union Jack - WikipediaIt's only the Union Jack when it is flying from the jackstaff of a Royal Navy vessel.
Rest of the time, it is the Union Flag.
All that's left of the Russian navy?
Blue Peter lied to us!Apparently not Union Jack - Wikipedia
So why does the Counter Offensive seem to be going pear shaped ?I think the doctrinal method of warfare matters too. This war is a somewhat modern, proficiency-gaining army fighting a tactically deficient, ill prepared, WW1/WW2 army. The Russian army is in a death spiral. The troops replacing the casualties are less trained and less prepared than the ones they're replacing. Part of this is because veteran instructors at Russian bases were sent to Ukraine, leaving no one with any experience to train the new conscripts. Soldiers are saying the training is basically little more than firing off some rounds. The morale factor too is getting worse and will be even worse come winter.
So why does the Counter Offensive seem to be going pear shaped ?
Why would you think it's going pear shaped? Ukraine hasn't been stopped, neither are they retreating. That would be pear shaped. That's what has happened to Russia.
“If it’s not in Moscow by tea time it’s pear shaped”
For the umpteenth time ...So why does the Counter Offensive seem to be going pear shaped ?
Keep the faith eh?For the umpteenth time ...
The Ukrainians are pushing across areas that are heavily mined - with densities such as FIVE mines per square metre.
Of course progress is slow, it takes time for sappers to clear such a density, especially as they are often under fire at the time.
And there are plenty of other obstacles ...
Progress is slow, yes, I don't disagree with that, but advances are still happening.
There's about 20-30 days of fighting weather left for this campaign. It's not like there's an open-ended period for results to be achievedFor the umpteenth time ...
The Ukrainians are pushing across areas that are heavily mined - with densities such as FIVE mines per square metre.
Of course progress is slow, it takes time for sappers to clear such a density, especially as they are often under fire at the time.
And there are plenty of other obstacles ...
Progress is slow, yes, I don't disagree with that, but advances are still happening.
According to ISW, the UKR's armed forces have stated that they will fight all year. [was in one of the recent daily reports].There's about 20-30 days of fighting weather left for this campaign. It's not like there's an open-ended period for results to be achieved
Keep the faith eh?
I daresay Mark milley has some inkling of what he's talking about Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘too early to say’ whether Ukraine’s summer offensive has failed – as it happenedAccording to ISW, the UKR's armed forces have stated that they will fight all year. [was in one of the recent daily reports].
There's been quite a lot of coverage of the UKR hitting targets in Crimea, like the Black Sea Fleet, and less about explosions behind the lines in other areas.
Personally, I hope the mud season is short this year and missiles don't pulverise the Ukrainian power system.
No one wins in Afghanistan. And no one wins in Ukraine. Can you see any outcome which can really be described as victory for any side?Why would you suggest it's faith to assess the war for what it is? The naysayers here are the ones who seem to have less interest in the details and just stick to believing the might of Russia will win. It's true they still could, but they also could have won in Afghanistan.
I daresay Mark milley has some inkling of what he's talking about Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘too early to say’ whether Ukraine’s summer offensive has failed – as it happened