They’re going to fail. They don’t have the resources or the logistics in place to sort it. How Putin plays this next will be interesting. Will he continue to mobilise more or decide to bring in the tactical nukes which would be admitting his armed force has failed.
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Gone are the times when quantity over quality would win out, we’re now in a time where quality over quantity will win out, especially when that quantity is very poorly trained.I keep thinking now is it even possible for Putin to lose this war as he will just keep throwing more and more men at it..
By doing that he will reduce population count.I keep thinking now is it even possible for Putin to lose this war as he will just keep throwing more and more men at it..
I think he's trying to reframe it into a NATO/Russia scenario because that can be sold as more of a reason for not achieving his aims than Ukraine kicking his butt.I keep thinking now is it even possible for Putin to lose this war as he will just keep throwing more and more men at it..
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I keep thinking now is it even possible for Putin to lose this war as he will just keep throwing more and more men at it..
He will lose when he either runs out of fighters or those fighters turn on the government and revolt! It looks like it's happening already but he has enough people to suppress it. Eventually, that ratio will change!
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Yes and long-term effects are much more profound than just loss of people.
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Maybe he believed that the idea of having to face another 300K, just as they thought they were winning would demorlise Ukraine and make them accept defeat. Or that knowing reserves were coming would put a halt on Ukrainian advances and make them dig in, ready to face the onslaught of old men with no equipment and training.
The mobilisation just seems to have made things worse for Russia though.
He's kind of right, who is it that's supplying Ukraine with all the weapons they're using to defend themselves? I'd expect it would be going Russia's way if it weren't for all the weapons Ukraine has received from NATO.
Edit: NATO aren't doing the fighting but the weapons are definitely helping!
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There really are not that many Russian's, it's a huge country, but not population dense - in comparison to western Europe, they are the few.I keep thinking now is it even possible for Putin to lose this war as he will just keep throwing more and more men at it..
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I don't think even Putin has the power to compel much more of his population to their death. The more deaths of Russian troops the bigger the problem becomes back home. Eventually he'll be risking outright revolution if he continues on that path.I keep thinking now is it even possible for Putin to lose this war as he will just keep throwing more and more men at it..
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Some news from Liman:
Battle for #Liman : Report from "Russian Legion" battalion commander (BARS-13) Fomich: The battalion split up. Part of the battalion, which abandoned the encirclement at Drobyshevo, took new positions near #Liman in Kremennaya district. The task is the same as in Drobyshevo: not to let Ukrop surround #KrasnyLiman . This part of the battalion is reinforced with the mortar battalion, artillery and armored group. The other part is in reserve near #Liman .Received mortar battalion for reinforcement. works of art as a whole. The task remains the same - do not allow the enemy to surround Liman.
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You're not a Russian or German. The poles remember their betrayals
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'Nuff said.
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Yeah looks like Lyman fell today but with a Russian withdrawal rather than a bloodbath. Shortens the frontline for UA forces nicely and they've already got across the river.Things are moving very fast as fresh reports including updated Rybar map shows Lyman as liberated
Kremina next and onto Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk?
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If that blog post from the last page is true it sounds like a little from column A, a little from column B.
Unfortunately it's a strategy he has played well for his own people. By saying these regions are part of Russia he can go on to say the West are actually attacking Russia now. It doesn't matter that pretty much the whole world sees this referendum is null and void.
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