Russia has lost over 900,000 soldiers since February 2022
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does ukraine actually have resources? russia is gigantic what could they possibly need so badly
They have some rare earth minearals and a lot of farmland.
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They have some rare earth minearals and a lot of farmland.
anything fancy that russia doesn't have ?
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I travel a lot, both for work and leisure, and wherever there's no travel restrictions for Russians, like Thailand, UAE, or Egypt, it's simply overrun with Russian tourists. And they're rich, too, with the latest iPhones, Apple Watches and all the other fashion brands.
As much as I'd like to see l say that Russia is feeling the impact of this war, empirically, I can't say that it seems that way.
The richest people don't care about the war, if groceries go up 25% that barely makes a dent. You won't see the people who are actually suffering from this being tourists.
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-900k orcs HAHA, should be more
Poor person gets brainwashed, coerced and joins military to earn money.
"Haha, orc!!! They all deserve to die a pigs death!!"
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I'm not even Russian and I'm offended. Most of these people who died likely didn't even want to fight, but we're drafted anyway. Blame the oligarchy, not the people who were forced to participate.
Most of these people who died likely didn't even want to fight, but we're drafted anyway. Blame the oligarchy, not the people who were forced to participate
Had my father been drafted for 'nam his plan was to use his rifle to kill as many officers as possible before himself, rather than fight for the US in that war. I had the same plan in the unlikely event I was drafted for something, too
Maybe the Russians could have a backbone like that, yeah? They're being given tools of war and willingly go off to die without a fight? Actually pathetic, and not worth sympathy
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The fucking Muscovites can continue to fertilize the earth. The loss of troops and material means nothing to the Russians. The asswipes will continue to use mass assaults until the soldiers or the public revolts. Until then, Fuck Russia and US Reichwingers.
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anything fancy that russia doesn't have ?
Not particularly, the problem is that Russia is stupid and would rather try to annex Ukraine rather than invest time and resources into the development of Siberia. Also they don't want to actually improve things just make them worse.
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Not particularly, the problem is that Russia is stupid and would rather try to annex Ukraine rather than invest time and resources into the development of Siberia. Also they don't want to actually improve things just make them worse.
That's kind of what happens when your government and economy functions off of corruption.
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Russia is losing... Badly
Their only hope is for Ukraine to just give up
This is trumps job now
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does ukraine actually have resources? russia is gigantic what could they possibly need so badly
Ukraine has lots of valuable natural resources, but Russia has much more of everything. The biggest reason for the invasion is most likely that Putin could not let a "brother nation" prosper and drift towards Europe and being a functioning democracy.
Russia's population might get wild ideas if they saw that their Ukrainian cousins' standard of living starts to rise rapidly while they have to endure living under a fascist dictator. And substandard and underdeveloped infrastructure, due to the rampant corruption and a government who doesn't give a shit about the areas outside the larger cities.
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Most of these people who died likely didn't even want to fight, but we're drafted anyway. Blame the oligarchy, not the people who were forced to participate
Had my father been drafted for 'nam his plan was to use his rifle to kill as many officers as possible before himself, rather than fight for the US in that war. I had the same plan in the unlikely event I was drafted for something, too
Maybe the Russians could have a backbone like that, yeah? They're being given tools of war and willingly go off to die without a fight? Actually pathetic, and not worth sympathy
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does ukraine actually have resources? russia is gigantic what could they possibly need so badly
I thought it was about access to that gasline without Ukraine intervention, but then they blew it up or something, soooo...nothing? Baby boy Putin has been anti-Ukraine for a decade at least.
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The fucking Muscovites can continue to fertilize the earth. The loss of troops and material means nothing to the Russians. The asswipes will continue to use mass assaults until the soldiers or the public revolts. Until then, Fuck Russia and US Reichwingers.
They're using money in lieu of skill. Eventually they'll run out if it.
Then no more high salary for the Russian soldier – and consequently, no more soldiers.
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This is the reality of war. Millions of people die fighting over invisible lines on the map
This isn't a war of lines on the map, really. The Russia's goal is the end of Ukrainians as a nation. And breaking NATO's article 5.
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The fucking Muscovites can continue to fertilize the earth. The loss of troops and material means nothing to the Russians. The asswipes will continue to use mass assaults until the soldiers or the public revolts. Until then, Fuck Russia and US Reichwingers.
ah yes, my favourite fertilizer, the heavy metal, carcinogenic, neurotoxic, lead bullet
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Russian has been losing and the economy is collapsing since 2018 according to these news. Every other week I see something like this. Yet we dont see them retreating.
900k is more than 50% of there forces according to wikipedia that list 1.5 millions.
I highly doubt the accuracy of these news reports.
It is collapsing. Some people have interpreted the news as the economy being at the brink of an immediate collapse, but articles I have read have talked consistently of end of 2025/early 2026.
The difference is, in 2022 and 2023 it was assumed that once it becomes clear that the Russia's economy collapsing will be inevitable unless they immediately end the war, they would indeed end it. Now it's clear that they will indeed go to the very end, allowing their economy to collapse and then the war ending as a consequence of that.
So, yes, it was predicted that the economy will collapse by 2026, and the war would end in 2022 or 2023 to avoid that. But, the timetable of the actual collapse has not changed. Or, at least not the timetables I've been seeing.
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Their losses are clearly significant enough to bring a foreign army (North Koreans) to replenish their forces. Maybe not 50% but I don't think it's that far off.
I have not heard of another batch of NK soldiers after the initial 12000. There are talks about them possibly sending another 12000.
With the Russia losing 1300 soldiers per day as dead and wounded, the NK troops cover 10(+ maybe another 10?) days worth soldiers.
The Russian army is shrinking by about 15 000 soldiers per month. That was canceled out by NK troops for one month once, and possibly another one soon.
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I'm not even Russian and I'm offended. Most of these people who died likely didn't even want to fight, but we're drafted anyway. Blame the oligarchy, not the people who were forced to participate.
the Russo an law prohibits using drafted conscripts in a war like this. While that law is largely ignored, it goes have the effect that the Russia hires soldiers through giving them an enormous salary:
In rural areas a factory worker might get a monthly salary of around 70 € per month. As a soldier you get 2000 € per month, which is about 70 € per day!That also means, the soldiers are in it because they have decided they want to do they in order to give a less poor life for their family. Killing others' children in order to feed theirs better.
A very small fraction of the soldiers you see die have come to the front against their will.
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I travel a lot, both for work and leisure, and wherever there's no travel restrictions for Russians, like Thailand, UAE, or Egypt, it's simply overrun with Russian tourists. And they're rich, too, with the latest iPhones, Apple Watches and all the other fashion brands.
As much as I'd like to see l say that Russia is feeling the impact of this war, empirically, I can't say that it seems that way.
Classism is present in Russia too.
I watched a couple of YouTube videos from a normal guy who lives in Russia talking about what it was actually like to live in Russia around the time that Tucker Carlson did that weird state visit and he peeled back a layer of intentional propaganda that the American journalist was spreading - that Russians are living in some kind of luxury paradise. Sure, everything costs less over there, but people are also paid a lot less too. If you're working class, it's hard to afford enough food to put on the table sometimes. The rich, however, are not hurting for anything and a lot of big brand labels that said they would exit Russia just rebranded themselves or quietly re-entered the market after all the commotion about the war died down.
