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  I love how you crossed the last part
context: Half a million conscripts? This "special military operation" is getting out of hand... >
  
  I wonder what guns will be given, or if they will resort to rocks now. >
  
  “When the one with the rifle gets shot, the one with the bullets picks the rifle up and keeps going!” >
  
  I like how ww2 historians try to attempt to debunk the asiatic horde myths of the Russian army only for putin to come along and say "we're gonna turn this myth into a reality" (obviously russia isnt actually throwing their troops at the ukraniand) >
  
  Lets be honest. if putin had a supply of catapults in one of his warehouses, he would 100% be throwing actual troops at the enemy. >
  
  He keeps having problems getting new missiles and artillery, this is going to become the default option. >
  
  Such an insane opportunity cost to this war.
  500k is 0.69% of the Russian labor force.
  Pair this with the 110,000 dead and the 300,000 already mobilized late last year, and before you even account for sanctions, Russian GDP will be decreasing. It's hard to fight a war when you empty the factories and warehouses. >
  
  You need to also include the hundreds of thousands of Russians who fled the country. >
  
  I'm a bartender in a 5* hotel in Greece. There's been a sudden increase of Russian men between the ages of 25-35 with their wives/girlfriends "passing through".  One couple that wasn't "passing through" stayed about 2 weeks looking to buy a house. >
  
  Must be amazing to have that kind of money. To just leave and go look for a house >
  
  Tbf they don’t even necessarily have all that much money, but you’d be shocked what you would consider if the alternative is dying in Ukraine. ~~Also Greece isn’t that expensive by EU standards~~