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>Russia has no real military power< Russia has plenty of military power, it is just that Russia may not be able to handle its own military power. The idea tha

>Russia has no real military power< Russia has plenty of military power, it is just that Russia may not be able to handle its own military power. The idea that Ukraine can resist the fully mobilized Russian Federation - military and industry is plain silly. The reason that this has not happened so far is because the people at the top fear that putting the entire country on war footing will result in internal instability will be the end of those people. The upcoming annexation may change all that.

krn 4y ago
> Russia has plenty of military power, it is just that Russia may not be able to handle its own military power. For instance, like loosing more than 70% of all its tanks since the beginning of invasion[1]? > The idea that Ukraine can resist the fully mobilized Russian Federation - military and industry is plain silly. The idea that amateurs with zero military training could achieve more than 235,000 killed or wounded professional Russian soldiers achieved in the last 7 months sounds pretty unbelievable to me. [1] https://www.minusrus.com/en https://www.minusrus.com/en
- sorokod 4y ago
  Unbelievable indeed, you may be interested in the numbers published by the Ukranian MoD: https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2022/09/29/the-total-combat-losses-of-the-enemy-from-24-02-to-29-09/ https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2022/09/29/the-total-combat-l...
  - krn 4y ago
    The numbers are exactly the same – only the number of wounded Russian soldiers (175,740) is missing in your source. (Maybe because Ukraine's Ministry of Defence is only counting complete "liquidations".)
- thrown_22 4y ago
  >For instance, like loosing more than 70% of all its tanks since the beginning of invasion[1]? According to the government it's at war against. For the US this is the equivalent of listening to Baghdad Bob.
  - _kbh_ 4y ago
    According to independent visual analysis Russia have lost roughly 1100 tanks, about half of Ukraines claims. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-docum... That’s still a huge amount of tanks to lose in 8 months. It’s no wonder they are cracking out the T62s already.

krn 4y ago

> Russia has plenty of military power, it is just that Russia may not be able to handle its own military power. For instance, like loosing more than 70% of all its tanks since the beginning of invasion[1]? > The idea that Ukraine can resist the fully mobilized Russian Federation - military and industry is plain silly. The idea that amateurs with zero military training could achieve more than 235,000 killed or wounded professional Russian soldiers achieved in the last 7 months sounds pretty unbelievable to me. [1] https://www.minusrus.com/en https://www.minusrus.com/en

sorokod 4y ago
Unbelievable indeed, you may be interested in the numbers published by the Ukranian MoD: https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2022/09/29/the-total-combat-losses-of-the-enemy-from-24-02-to-29-09/ https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2022/09/29/the-total-combat-l...
- krn 4y ago
  The numbers are exactly the same – only the number of wounded Russian soldiers (175,740) is missing in your source. (Maybe because Ukraine's Ministry of Defence is only counting complete "liquidations".)
thrown_22 4y ago
>For instance, like loosing more than 70% of all its tanks since the beginning of invasion[1]? According to the government it's at war against. For the US this is the equivalent of listening to Baghdad Bob.
- _kbh_ 4y ago
  According to independent visual analysis Russia have lost roughly 1100 tanks, about half of Ukraines claims. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-docum... That’s still a huge amount of tanks to lose in 8 months. It’s no wonder they are cracking out the T62s already.