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> Atta boy for Beijing but Russians don't seem to be having trouble running this war at all. You're really not looking closely. In the beginning they were inv

by lawn 2y ago

> Atta boy for Beijing but Russians don't seem to be having trouble running this war at all. You're really not looking closely. In the beginning they were invading with tanks. Now they send Chinese golf carts and mopeds to the front to power the meat grinder.

mrtksn 2y ago
True but they are far from running out of this stuff(soldiers of any kind with any equipment) before the west. Russians have criminal level of tolerance for lost lives.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > they are far from running out of this stuff(soldiers of any kind with any equipment) before the west They destroyed their veterans in the opening gambit. Mowing down unequipped numpties at staggering loss ratios isn’t a problem for Kyiv so long as its ammunition supplies are assured. > Russians have criminal level of tolerance for lost lives Russia is an empire. Moscow isn’t sending its children to the front, it’s sending Siberians and Chechens. The mobilisation was politically difficult for Putin and damaging to Russia. There aren’t that many more Putin can pull off while retaining the public’s favour.
  - mrtksn 2y ago
    I know, it's a brilliant system: Send your soldiers to force unarmed men in the other end of your empire go fight for you in Ukraine. I've seen some stats showing that now %10 of military age Tuva people fought in Ukraine. In Moscow that was about %0.2. Russia has a moat here, Ukraine and the West can't pull anything of that sort. Also, the mentality of Russian people or slavs in general is very prone to conspiratorial thinking. They are also very unambitious, only motivated by ideas about glory and don't make long term life plans and assume the role given to them. Its very weird, the western mindset can't comprehend this. I've been risen in a slavic communist country that used to be aligned with USSR. To this day I have relatives who are offended by the west despite living in EU, having their life quality depended on the success of EU but root for Russia to win and "show the arrogant west who's the boss". So I don't think that Putin will have human resources problem ever, as long as maintains his image of the tough guy who teaches the west a lesson. Russophilia is also widespread in many countries, even in EU.
    - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      > Russia has a moat here, Ukraine and the West can't pull anything of that sort The West is the moat. Ukraine’s war production is almost entirely in the West. > I have relatives who are offended by the west despite living in EU, having their life quality depended on the success of EU but root for Russia to win and "show the arrogant west who's the boss Yeah, sort of like the most-fervent proponents of American doomerism frequently being Americans.
- lawn 2y ago
  With West's continued support there's just no way that Ukraine will run out of equipment before Russia will. With Russia's death rate and invasion speed (or lack thereof) they will also run out of soldiers before Ukraine. But it will take time...

by lawn 2y ago

mrtksn 2y ago

True but they are far from running out of this stuff(soldiers of any kind with any equipment) before the west. Russians have criminal level of tolerance for lost lives.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> they are far from running out of this stuff(soldiers of any kind with any equipment) before the west They destroyed their veterans in the opening gambit. Mowing down unequipped numpties at staggering loss ratios isn’t a problem for Kyiv so long as its ammunition supplies are assured. > Russians have criminal level of tolerance for lost lives Russia is an empire. Moscow isn’t sending its children to the front, it’s sending Siberians and Chechens. The mobilisation was politically difficult for Putin and damaging to Russia. There aren’t that many more Putin can pull off while retaining the public’s favour.
- mrtksn 2y ago
  I know, it's a brilliant system: Send your soldiers to force unarmed men in the other end of your empire go fight for you in Ukraine. I've seen some stats showing that now %10 of military age Tuva people fought in Ukraine. In Moscow that was about %0.2. Russia has a moat here, Ukraine and the West can't pull anything of that sort. Also, the mentality of Russian people or slavs in general is very prone to conspiratorial thinking. They are also very unambitious, only motivated by ideas about glory and don't make long term life plans and assume the role given to them. Its very weird, the western mindset can't comprehend this. I've been risen in a slavic communist country that used to be aligned with USSR. To this day I have relatives who are offended by the west despite living in EU, having their life quality depended on the success of EU but root for Russia to win and "show the arrogant west who's the boss". So I don't think that Putin will have human resources problem ever, as long as maintains his image of the tough guy who teaches the west a lesson. Russophilia is also widespread in many countries, even in EU.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > Russia has a moat here, Ukraine and the West can't pull anything of that sort The West is the moat. Ukraine’s war production is almost entirely in the West. > I have relatives who are offended by the west despite living in EU, having their life quality depended on the success of EU but root for Russia to win and "show the arrogant west who's the boss Yeah, sort of like the most-fervent proponents of American doomerism frequently being Americans.
lawn 2y ago
With West's continued support there's just no way that Ukraine will run out of equipment before Russia will. With Russia's death rate and invasion speed (or lack thereof) they will also run out of soldiers before Ukraine. But it will take time...