3:1 in favour of the Russians wouldn’t be great. 3:1 against, would be a shocking ratio for a defending force.
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3:1 in favour of the Russians wouldn’t be great. 3:1 against, would be a shocking ratio for a defending force.
Still not enough for Russian top brass if they keep piling in troops.
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That ratio will change as Ukraine has moved to the offensive and Russia are now dug in.
Recent articles are reporting high casualties among Ukrainian sappers in particular.
Ukraine for most of the war have defenders advantage so the attackers had to throw X amount of men to kill one of the defenders.
That is how war is, Russia have had to take heavy losses to do what they have done and no way on earth was it worth it except for the deluded Kremlin criminals.
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Problematic for Ukraine in the long run.
Not really, Russia has chewed through their professional army , and is now throwing conscripts at the problem. This isnt the 1970`s.
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Their numbers are still making it difficult for Ukraine though, a country that has a smaller pool to choose from. Even if Russia can’t gain anymore territory, these numbers, and possibly more called up could make it very difficult for Ukraine going forward.
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If you read or look for more localised russian news, the call up is reaching a limit ; hence why migrants are now being rounded up
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It’s is, but 3 dead plus wounded would render units ineffective pretty quickly.
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Hopefully you’re right and we see Ukraine capture it’s territory back.
The Russians are under a lot pressure in places, it’s just places with little in the way of strategic value. If the Ukrainians can reach Tokmak and push southwest from Bakhmut before winter it give them some options. I do think more troops will be needed by spring though.
I disagree somewhat, though there will be difficult decisions ahead for the Russian regime. It is their mentality to rinse out the dregs first, which can be misleading to a Western perspective. Many of the better off regions have barely been touched yet - if you look at videos of the western regions like from Wagner's insurrection the town's are still full of young people.
End of the day Russia has around 20-30 million males and same again females fit for military service though obviously they can't drain that while still maintaining production and non-military affairs at home.
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Guy with magnifying glass turns up. Yeah this was Putin. Drag it off to the scrap man fellas.
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I don't know, as a lay person looking at the wing it to me supports what Denys was saying in his video from Wednesday that the plane was shot down by an anti missile (S300/S400) which struck the wing causing it to break off from the main fuselage.
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If we didn't have such weak leaders for the last 20 years we wouldn't be in this situation, Politicians seem to have forgotten the lessons of WW2 and what happens when you turn a blind eye to the wrongs of dictator. This is why history should be made a compulsory subject right up and including GSCE level.
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