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Sadly, for the majority if the last 100+ years, willingly or unwillingly, a culture  was cultivated in Russia where the state does not answer to its citizens. Its more like weather - you can't choose it, you can only live with it. And since the fall of the curtain most of the people who disliked this system, simply elected to emigrate, leaving very few people inside the country willing to enact change. And then the quite extensive repression machine made sure that those willing would be unable to do so.
Hmm, I blame forcefully occupying Ukrainian territory as the root cause of this. >

Also this bit of fake news was hilarious

The ministry also suggested that in return, it launched airstrikes launched at a "hardware concentration" near Druzhkivka railway station in Donetsk, killing up to 200 Ukrainian personnel, and destroying four HIMARS launchers and more than 800 rockets.

Russia - “trust me bro” >

How many times have they blown up the 20 HIMARS systems the US has given to Ukraine now? >

About 35 HIMARS ago. >

On May 2nd 2011, 24 elite navy seals raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden.
Since then I’ve had the good fortune of meeting over 200 of them. >

That's a lot of Bin Ladens. >

I believe it’s Bins Laden >

But what are all the bins laden with? >

Coconuts. >

Coconuts? In England? >

The strike killed 68 people.
No more than 89 people. 
At most 110 people. 
((Meanwhile Russia buries 200 bodies) >

And cremates another 150 >

And leaves under rubble another 300. >

The Mariupol theatre approach >

I recently heard a concerning story about compensation for families of deceased soldiers. It appears that families are only given compensation if they can identify the bodies. Though I do not have the exact numbers, I understand that the Russian Army frequently reports bodies as unidentifiable or missing in action (MIA) or declares individuals as absconded, leaving the families without the proper closure or monetary compensation for the service of their loved one. >

How tf is putin still sustaining this war
Edit: alright guys i am reading your replies which basically say shit tons of armament and bodies but what i really meant to say was how are russian soldiers still pushing themselves into literal meat grinders for putin. What drives them? because what im gaining from media is that it is not motivation that is propelling the russian soldiers. Putin looks weak, the war he instigated is unjustified, he isn't remotely close to winning. What does putin say to his generals that convinces them to keep at it and don't complain. Why isn't the russian soldiery defecting to ukrainian side en masse?