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Somebody should really ask him if 'almost all of NATO's potential is being used' then why isn't China in agreement by pushing the US out of SEA?

He already knows the answer of course, but it would be fun nonetheless to force him into calling China so weak it can't deal with that sliver of potential.
 
HungryHippos said:
This one always makes me laugh, if NATO really wanted to wade in it could do a lot more.

Even some long range missiles would cripple Russia's offensive campaign, hitting crucial supply and material depots far behind the lines would then be possible.

NATO as a whole has barely handed Russia anything compared to what it could do, also most of NATO isn't sat there trying to spend their entire budgets on a war-footing economy like Russia is attempting.
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This one takes the absolute cake; despite military supplies to Ukraine this year totalling just 3% of NATO member's annual military budget, Kremlin says that is nearly all of NATO's capabilities

The Kremlin seems to think that 97% of NATO's budget goes to paying for corruption as it does in Russia and so does not result in military capabilities. They are free to **** around and a find out :cry:
 
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HungryHippos said:
This one always makes me laugh, if NATO really wanted to wade in it could do a lot more.

Even some long range missiles would cripple Russia's offensive campaign, hitting crucial supply and material depots far behind the lines would then be possible.

NATO as a whole has barely handed Russia anything compared to what it could do, also most of NATO isn't sat there trying to spend their entire budgets on a war-footing economy like Russia is attempting.
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And they’re sending the future generation to the meat grinder.

Russia forgets that without US money/equipment and UK intelligence it would have probably lost to Germany. Their war in Afghanistan wasn’t exactly successful either. The only thing in their favour is their numbers and lack of care for life. Long term Russia is finished. They are completely deluded.
 
CaneyJ said:
Considering how much Russians love to suffer I'm thinking we're going to see another 1-2 years of this and perhaps another 100-200k dead of their own before Putin is fed a bullet buy his own side.
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Yes the usual Soviet style tactic of keep fighting even if losses are high seems to be at play here.
 
Interesting interview on Lindybridge's channel. An interesting observation at 33:43 where he says 99% of all the killing is done by mortars, artillery and rockets rather then with rifles.


27:46 - Quite candidly calls out some of the Candiain's that joined were cowedly as they couldn't cope with being shot at by an enemy who had bigger and more guns then they did.
 
CaneyJ said:
Considering how much Russians love to suffer I'm thinking we're going to see another 1-2 years of this and perhaps another 100-200k dead of their own before Putin is fed a bullet buy his own side.
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I'm not sure why they are iterating so slowly step by step for instance with the recent mobilisation and seemingly not thinking ahead enough to close the borders. But the way things are going they are going to continue slowly turning into something similar in many aspects to North Korea with much of their industrial capabilities turn to military production and same for the population. They'll increasingly be trying to balance between holding the current status while building up a larger invasion force - which will take several years but they seem intent on going down that path under the current regime. Eventually they will have the capabilities to produce artillery and small arms in volume, basic variants of T-72 tanks, older artillery systems and aircraft in numbers, etc.

Unless someone takes out the current Russian regime, and I'm not banking on the Russia population doing it, or Ukraine is given free reign to wipe out any staging forces in Russia, this war most likely is going to drag on a very long time.

Though on the other hand I think by 1-2 years time they will likely come under significant political pressure from their allies (or kind of allies) to wind it down - Putin does seem to want to keep the likes of India and Egypt, etc. on side.
 
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Rroff said:
Ukraine is given free reign to wipe out any staging forces in Russia, this war most likely is going to drag on a very long time.
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I think this is key really, until they can do this, Russia will just move troops to the border, barely train them, and send them in.

Hit their logistics and the invasion will be doomed to failure.
 
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Putin should go into stand up because he sure as hell makes me laugh

If it wasn’t for nukes he would’ve already been dealt with like the rodent he is. It’s never Russia’s fault as well, funny last time I checked it was Russia invading Ukraine nobody else.

You have to wonder if he actually believes the words he says.
 
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CaneyJ said:
Considering how much Russians love to suffer I'm thinking we're going to see another 1-2 years of this and perhaps another 100-200k dead of their own before Putin is fed a bullet buy his own side.
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The only way it will stop is then Pootin is dead and RF collapses.
The other thing is that he has a lot of security and they are checking themselves against anything. The rumour is with thousands...
The majority of population is very poor and they lived like this for generations. Also, they love their dear leader no matter their living standards.
 
CaneyJ said:
Considering how much Russians love to suffer I'm thinking we're going to see another 1-2 years of this and perhaps another 100-200k dead of their own before Putin is fed a bullet buy his own side.
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Russia’s had a really low birth rate for the past 30 years or so now, so do they really have the manpower to keep feeding a meat-grinder? And as you can see from the graphs posted for the casualty rate, if accurate it seems to have rocketed around the time Russia started sending newly mobilised men into the fight. Then if you factor in for every man killed outright, then as a rule of thumb you can usually multiply that by 2 or 3 times for wounded, many of whom will never be able to fight, or do much else again for that matter.

I do genuinely wonder if Russia can keep this up, or will we see a collapse of the Russian army in the next 12 months or so? The fact that they’re plundering prisons for recruits, and the problems they’ve caused for them in service seems to be an indicator of how dire the situation is becoming for them.
 
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The Funktopus said:
Russia’s had a really low birth rate for the past 30 years or so now, so do they really have the manpower to keep feeding a meat-grinder? And as you can see from the graphs posted for the casualty rate, if accurate it seems to have rocketed around the time Russia started sending newly mobilised men into the fight. Then if you factor in for every man killed outright, then as a rule of thumb you can usually multiply that by 2 or 3 times for wounded, many of whom will never be able to fight, or do much else again for that matter.

I do genuinely wonder if Russia can keep this up, or will we see a collapse of the Russian army in the next 12 months or so? The fact that they’re plundering prisons for recruits, and the problems they’ve caused for them in service seems to be an indicator of how dire the situation is becoming for them.
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Russia is going at it in a slightly counter-intuitive order, people vastly underestimate Putin's paranoia when it comes to the West and some odd approach to the people of Russia - they are plundering prisons, etc. not so much out of desperation but to avoid tapping into the regular man power, some of which has fled the country because they didn't make much attempt to stop them at the borders for some reason when doing the first major round of mobilisations. I'm not really sure why Russia is iterating so slowly on the process though - maybe those at the top aren't getting a full enough picture from yes men below them to comprehend the circumstances fully.

In terms of man power Russia still has probably around 2 million in reserves untapped, potential 30 million each of males and females fit for military service and around 1.3 million a year come of age for military service (though there will also be a similar number becoming unfit for military service through age, etc.). If things continue the current trajectory eventually they'll mobilise on a much larger scale but it will take time, lots of it. But nothing currently indicates they won't slowly continue down that road.
 
Rroff said:
In terms of man power Russia still has probably around 2 million in reserves untapped, potential 30 million each of males and females fit for military service and around 1.3 million a year come of age for military service (though there will also be a similar number becoming unfit for military service through age, etc.). If things continue the current trajectory eventually they'll mobilise on a much larger scale but it will take time, lots of it. But nothing currently indicates they won't slowly continue down that road.
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and equip them with what?
 
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