War in Ukraine

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MercyPercy said:
Honestly I don't think he's that out of touch and stupid. I think he did what he did and framed the whole thing intentionally to serve his viewer base.
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And probably texted his producer on just how gullible and stupid they were and they’d buy his pandering… nah he’d never be a stupid hypocrite and get caught that easy texting stuff and leaving a trail 😂
 
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evillawyer said:
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BeardedVol said:
Why?

They've been on the defensive for the past majority of the war which incurs less casualties overall, they have better battlefield medicine, and access to EU medical facilities.
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The number seems a bit low to me as well sitting here in my comfy recliner. Based on what I’ve read some of these battles Ukraine has been throwing soldiers at the problem instead of defending more favorable defensive positions. I believe that is why the last general was relieved and replaced with one with that mind set. Also is why they have fallen back from some of these contested cities. Of course based on what I’ve read and gathered from across the world.
 
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BeardedVol said:


Given the meat waves, turret tossing, "air defense", and black sea submarine fleet, this seems accurate.
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I don't believe these numbers any more than I do the Russian's self reporting.
there is no way its just 31k dead military fighters. Unless they have a much much higher wounded to dead ratio than we typically expect. they have lost way too much capability to say its only 31k.

a 3 or even 5 ratio would be 100k-150k casualties, its at least double that.
 
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Hunerwadel said:
Oops! Not only is Russia gaining a new NATO neighbor they are losing a defensive pact partner.

www.newsweek.com

Russia presses neighbor over exit from Putin's "mini-NATO"

Moscow wants "clarity" over Armenia's status after its leader said the country was leaving the CSTO military alliance.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com

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Should we start a pool on when "ethnic Russians" in Armenia call on Putin to defend them, and Russia feels compelled to invade?
 
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volgr said:
The superiority complex most Americans display is quite laughably transparent. The chefs kiss is most of these people can see the US Empire collapsing around them.
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Who are the "these people" you're referring to here? NATO's expansion is a wonderful Joe Biden/EU punch in the face to Putin--and Trump.

Putin has a massive inferiority complex--and it's well-deserved. The country has a lot of oil and gas and is a very wealthy gas station, and they have the capacity to make a lot of military equipment and sacrifice a lot of their poor ethnic minorities in a war, but all things considered Russia is, at best, a second-rate nation--maybe even third.

If Ukraine can drive Russia out of the Donbas, at the least, if not Crimea as well, and the war end, and Putin somehow stays in power and doesn't get shot or hanged for war crimes, and Ukraine joins the EU, Ukraine will become a more prosperous and dynamic country than Russia. That is certainly a big part of what Putin fears. A dynamic, democratic Ukraine will make Russia look poor and oppressed in comparison, and the Russian people will notice---not just the oligarchs and the mobsters who already know that Europe (the West) is more successful than Russia (that's why they all have homes in Europe, vacation there, send their kids to school there), but average, downtrodden Russians will come to see it, too---just as nearly all the people in Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, the Baltics) have come to see it since the end of the Cold War and breakup of the USSR--people who lived under the harsh Soviet boot. For them, never again. And if the Russian people see it--and let's remember that they don't really see it now because the state controls the media, massive daily Trumpian-like propaganda-- and most Russians don't travel and aren't educated--well, you could see unrest in Russia, at some point.
 
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TVOLS said:
The number seems a bit low to me as well sitting here in my comfy recliner. Based on what I’ve read some of these battles Ukraine has been throwing soldiers at the problem instead of defending more favorable defensive positions. I believe that is why the last general was relieved and replaced with one with that mind set. Also is why they have fallen back from some of these contested cities. Of course based on what I’ve read and gathered from across the world.
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Just the opposite. Syrsky is the general that was hellbent on defending Baukmut/Artyomovsk to the bitter end. Zuluzhny's issues with Zelensky were precisely because Zelensky would encourage these battles to hold ground to the final man. Same with the battles in Mariupol/Azovstal and in Severiodonetsk/Lysichansk. It was all about media optics and propaganda, not about saving lives.
 
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Meanwhile... 3 days ago

A US-made M1 Abrams can be seen opening fire on the Russians in Ukraine's first video of the tank in battle

Newly released video footage offers a first look at the heavy US-made Abrams tank in combat in Ukraine.

When the US delivered the tanks to Ukraine last fall, it added significant capabilities to Ukraine's ground forces. It comes with challenges as well, but the American-made tank is widely considered to be among the most capable in the world.
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And today...

Russia claims to have destroyed its first US M1 Abrams on Ukraine battlefield as video 'shows tank burning near frontline'
 
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