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It’s anyone’s guess how long they can keep at it. They’re one black swan away from imploding, but that day might be 20 years away.
by xenospn 9mo ago
It’s anyone’s guess how long they can keep at it. They’re one black swan away from imploding, but that day might be 20 years away.
- general1465 9mo agoThey have not much choice than to keep at it. Target is control of whole Ukraine as vassal state, anything less is a defeat. They have already spent over 1 million casualties on frontlines. Claiming anything less than whole Ukraine for such price would be a political suicide.
- xenospn 9mo agoThey thought the Ukrainians would welcome them with flowers and just roll over. I really don’t think they planned on controlling a hostile population, and they’re not set up for that.
- tim333 9mo agoThings seem to be getting hard for the Russians. The strikes on oil refineries and seizing of shadow fleet vessels are causing money shortages, apparently the Ukrainians are now killing their troops faster than they are recruiting and Ukraine is cranking it up: >Ukraine will build 7 million drones in 2026—and it still won’t be enough Manufacturing volume has roughly doubled every year since 2023 https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/26/ukraine-aims-to-build-7-million-drones-in-2026-70-times-more-than-the-us/ https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/26/ukraine-aims-to-build...
- pseudohadamard 9mo agoUkraine has some of the same problems with corruption that Russia does, although they've made more of an effort to fight it than Russia. However what this means in practice is that the claimed figure aren't necessarily the actual figures. So maybe the headline should be read as "Ukraine pays for 7 million drones" or "Ukraine certainly plans to build 7 million drones".