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When you combine the mafia with the government, you get these kinds of problems.
Nerf will be their next supplier. >

They'll get a Nerf nuke. >

Fascinating that a country supposed to be a major arms exporter can't even provide enough supplies for their own troops to conduct a minor special military operation.
But hey, I've been told those sanctions aren't working and we should stop them just because. >

I think Russian underestimated European countries. Their military industry now seems to rely on major European countries. >

They overestimated domestic production. They can't make the chips and sensitive electronics on their own. And yeah, underestimated the sheer number of countries willing to stop doing business. Americans complain about high gas prices while a large chunk of Europe has given up Russian gas/oil completely and pivoted on a dime to remove all reliance on it. >

Putin famously does not use a computer or the internet. He literally relies on yes men to tell him everything.