Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Glad I didn't pop that bottle of champagne when Priggers got blown up but deffo going to if the Don Don snuffs it.

Never a more deserving person to have a slow agonising death than that fat garden gnome!
 
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Russia's central bank raises its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 13%, jacking up the cost of borrowing for the third consecutive meeting in response to a weak ruble and other persistent inflationary pressures.

The bank also gave hawkish guidance that it would consider further rate increases at upcoming meetings and said inflationary risks remained significant.

"We raised the rate due to the appearance of inflation risks and will keep it at high levels for quite a long time, until we are convinced of the sustainable nature of the inflation slowdown," says the bank's governor, Elvira Nabiullina.

The Bank of Russia forecasts inflation of 6%-7% in 2023, with a decline to the bank's target of 4% in 2024.

The central bank hiked its benchmark interest rate by 3.5 percentage points to 12% at an extraordinary meeting on Aug. 15 as the Russian currency weakened past 100 rubles to the dollar.
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Ukraine latest: Biden and Zelenskyy to meet Thursday in Washington

Russia lifts key interest rate to 13% in third straight hike
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Harlequin said:
Literally wont conscript western russians
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Was watching a video from Volgograd recently - less than 1% of those eligible have been mobilised despite its proximity to Ukraine. One of the highest regions for people being mobilised is Krasnoyarsk Krai but despite the impression people get of Russia scraping the barrel they've still not exceeded 10% of those eligible to serve from that region though there are some villages almost emptied out in some places.

The same thing has been going on with their equipment, people see them churning out a lot of the decrepit stuff first as desperation, which there is some element of, but a lot of it is just how Russia does stuff.

They are, unfortunately, a long way from out with this war and still have far too much potential to grow into it - as hinted at with the recent post about their tank and ammo production levels.
 
Rroff said:
Was watching a video from Volgograd recently - less than 1% of those eligible have been mobilised despite its proximity to Ukraine. One of the highest regions for people being mobilised is Krasnoyarsk Krai but despite the impression people get of Russia scraping the barrel they've still not exceeded 10% of those eligible to serve from that region though there are some villages almost emptied out in some places.

The same thing has been going on with their equipment, people see them churning out a lot of the decrepit stuff first as desperation, which there is some element of, but a lot of it is just how Russia does stuff.

They are, unfortunately, a long way from out with this war and still have far too much potential to grow into it - as hinted at with the recent post about their tank and ammo production levels.
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The general concept I'm getting here is that people are treating like ammo. Utterly expendable.
 
Rroff said:
Was watching a video from Volgograd recently - less than 1% of those eligible have been mobilised despite its proximity to Ukraine. One of the highest regions for people being mobilised is Krasnoyarsk Krai but despite the impression people get of Russia scraping the barrel they've still not exceeded 10% of those eligible to serve from that region though there are some villages almost emptied out in some places.

The same thing has been going on with their equipment, people see them churning out a lot of the decrepit stuff first as desperation, which there is some element of, but a lot of it is just how Russia does stuff.

They are, unfortunately, a long way from out with this war and still have far too much potential to grow into it - as hinted at with the recent post about their tank and ammo production levels.
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I think you really underestimate the effect Russia's loses have. The UK lost 0.75% of its population in WW2, enough to finish off the empire.

Poland was the worst at 18 odd percent and Russia 15%.

Nobody would suggest Russia is finished, but they don't have limitless manpower, in fact they had a general manpower shortage before the war even started.
 
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