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Putin needs to put on a Uniform and go fight.
They're gonna need winter camouflage or else they'll stick out like boogers on a white wall. >

That's the point. They use cannon fodder to see where Ukrainians are shooting from so that the Russian artillery can target them >

except thanks to HIMARS that had kinda been neutralized quite some time ago. Since HIMARS outranges Russian batteries. Ukraine opens up on mobniks, Russia returns fire, maybe the Ukranian artillery is damaged by a lucky shot instead of an inaccurate shell from a worn out Russian barrel, but a nearby HIMARS will counter fire and eliminate the Russian artillery anyway.
Cannon fodder only works to draw out artillery if you don't have counter fire waiting for you. Like a pawn in chess protected from capture by a knight. >

You talking as if there's a HIMARS stationed every few kilometers. >

Between the HIMARS, M270, German MARS and the French M270s, there are absolutely enough to be stationed every 30/40 kilometers >

I guess you have a point. >

According to Ukrainian Minister of Defence, to achieve the required mobilization figures, Russia is about to prevent recruitment age men from leaving the country and declare martial law. >

I hope Putin and his government pays for all of this. But the video was right, many will pay restitution for decades. That is good but is not enough.
I want to see Russian officials tried and sent to jail over this. >

Help me understand the restitution part. How do we suppose it will come about that restitution will be paid? Who will make Russia do this? >

It will likely be done in a similar manner to WWII reparations, assets and land will be seized and their population will be required to produce for Ukraine. >

World War II reparations 

After World War II both West Germany and East Germany were obliged to pay war reparations to the Allied governments, according to the Potsdam Conference. Other Axis nations were obliged to pay war reparations according to the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947. Austria was not included in any of these treaties.

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Kind of crazy that US, UK, And France received 70% of those reparations when so many countries were devastated in the War. Also America alone received 28% of that money but seemed to be the least impacted as far as damage to the country. These figures do not show the money given to Israel for the Jewish people that were killed during the war. I’m concerned that Nato and Un have become such a controlling world force. For example who decides what country pays Reparations for damages cause by war. The US (nato) war on Iraq for example was initiated under false pretenses, but the US was not forced to pay reparations. I wonder who would tell a nato country to pay reparations. In a world where we are concerned that a two party system of government is ineffective, why are we so comfortable with having the worlds war machine by a single entity, driven by a single nation (US), backed by like the minded super powers of the world. That’s not democracy. >

It's unavoidable, if Russia plans to wage war any longer. >

Yeah but all that has to be levied against what the public and non-wartime economy can bear.
If mobilization is more universal, then it stands to reason even more people will flee and be drafted.  After that who stocks shelves or drives trucks or works in factories?
Without a workforce, Putins blunder starts having very real daily inconveniences for even his most zealous supporters. >

Russia has a population of 140M people. They are typically conscripting from poor rural areas. They could do this for years and it wouldnt show. >

Idk but 140M isn't actually that much if you sort out everyone that isn't able to fight and/or has already left the country and/or is already mobilised and/or dead. While also having to sustain the rest of the country and protecting its borders.
Oh and you have to account for corruption aswell. >

Yeah, fighting age men might be 20-25 million. They may be using up the "undesirables" first, but in another year a million of the cream of the crop may have fled or gone into hiding, and a million may be casualties of war (either dead or wounded). 10% of the prime working age men going poof in a couple years isn't going to bode well for Russia. >

Losing 1m young men in combat, in the 21st century, in a war of aggression against a much smaller nation, is mind-bogglingly awful.  As time goes on, as more young men are being called up after friends, relatives, and classmates are being sent back in boxes and there's still no sign of progress, those newer conscripts are going to be less and less effective, because they are going to be entering the conflict steadily more demoralized and scared, and with more of an eye on self-preservation over achieving objectives.
So, ultimately, this is going to be about as effective as calling up all the boys in a graduating high school class, executing 10% of them in front of their classmates, and ordering the remaining 90% to carry on for the nation. >

It doesnt matter how awful that number is. Its a war of attrition and Russia has plenty of men to send to the meat grinder. They call up another 100k every half a year, they can run this shitshow for the next 5 years, can ukraine afford that? I want them to win as much as the next person but i dont think its as clear cut as some of the reddit analysts like to claim it to be.
 

Losing 1m young men in combat (...) So, ultimately, this is going to be about as effective as calling up all the boys in a graduating high school class, executing 10% of them in front of their classmates, and ordering the remaining 90% to carry on for the nation.

Russia, and russians dont have the same value for human life as we do. >


Russia, and russsians don't have the same value for human life as we do.

Idk Russia sure but Russians? I don't think you can wipe out human nature >

"We know you're planning an offensive on January  5"
"Well, not anymore." 
"Shit." >

With how slowly russian bureaucracy and generals react they might not have enough time to change anything >

Trying for a winter push while unpopularity at home is increasing, this might be their last crack at the invasion then hopefully this bloody mess ends. >

It will be a Feb / March push and it will fail as Ukraine is building up troops themselves preparing for this exact scenario. >

How do they do that without finishing off their economy?  They are now having problems finding workers to replace recently drafted and those who fled. >

Their economy is a lost cause anyway, it's not a priority for Russian high command. >

That dude on the left is looks like he doesn't have a chance in hell of surviving 2 weeks bro. Why even give him an assault pack and sleeping mat >

Reminds of a scene in one of the Austin Powers movies where Austin’s dad tells one of the bad guys to just drop on the floor because the bad guy doesn’t even have a name tag. No chance >

For reals man.. don't even bother with name tapes unless they make 6 months at the front lol. >

In one of the phone call transcripts I saw recently, a soldier spoke about mobilization in January and said they would be pulling people from emergency services and such. Looks like it was true. >

The bottom of the barrel is getting really scraped up. Not much wood left down there. >

Is that the barrel being referenced? I never knew that! >

More meat for the grinder >

Has anyone tried turning Russia off and back on again? We cant be picky at this point. >

So that's the new Russian strategy people were talking about. Instead of building longer tables, Putin is now trying to build the great wall of dead Russians to delay the inevitable. >

What do you mean new Russian strategy that’s what they’ve always done >

Intelligence was pretty accurate about this back in like November. Pretty impressive. >

Unfortunately for Zappov Branniganski, Ukraine doesn't have preset limits on how many Russians they kill. Might as well be pissing in the wind. >

there is good meme. answering to russians complained about cyberbullying forgetting that it is legal to kill them >

If they've been having trouble equipping troops with the basic stuff a soldier needs another 200k or more conscripts won't improve thst situstion >

2 days before Russian Christmas? 
That's so mean for all those kids to lose their fathers. >

In Russia, the huge winter holiday is New Year, not Christmas. So it's not "just 2 days before Christmas", it's "right after New Year". 
Judging by the usual way of spending New Year holidays across the people, who'll be responsible for the mobilization (non-stop drinking), it's going to be a complete disaster. >

There's nothing jollier than a conscript going through alcohol withdrawal! >

More blood for the blood god. >

Skulls for the Skull Throne! >

Need that new wave seeing as the others were so thoroughly destroyed. How do the Russian people not see this as anything other than a sign of how badly the war is going for them? >

Their propaganda machine isn’t just good at deceiving foreigners, it’s even better at deceiving their home population. That plus obstinate denial. They’re the biggest and best country in the world. How could they possibly lose??? >

So because Ukraine announced this Intel Russia will go out of their way to do it on any date other than January 5th, but probably not by much, maybe a week off. And they won't call it a second mobilization, it will that they got the addresses wrong on about 100,000 of the men intended to be mobilized the first time. This is just them re-issuing those letters. >

Still no answer for HIMARS. >

They had iskanders which would have been pretty decent answer, but they blew their entire stock on random civilian targets of no military value at the start of the war. >

Iskanders can't hit HIMARS, due to shoot-and-scoot tactics. By the time the Iskander arrives, the HIMARS is \~5 km away. >

Depends on how good the espionage is. If you only shoot in response to getting shot at, sure. But himars aren't moving 24/7, they are camping out somewhere, if you know where then you can hit it. >

Yeah, but Ukraine deployed numerous decoy HIMARS that are "camping out somewhere". The Iskander would likely hit a decoy. >

Depends on how good the espionage is.
Russians move around and have decoys too, but Ukraine manages to hit their weak points quite frequently. >

Russian men -- get out while you can! >

Just in time for Christmas. I'm sure the Russian population will be overjoyed. >

150 political power to enact “scrapping the barrel” >

Merry Christmas poor and unwanted people of Russia. >

Mince meat will be going on sale again… >

150,000 who want to fight will always beat 300,000 who don't. >

Just in time for Christmas! >

Winter sale on steam ends on 5th... sus >

2 days before Russian Christmas? Really? >

It's five days after new year. Christmas is irrelevant >

That’ll do the job, I guess? >

Are they trying to catch people visiting for holidays? >

Russian "plans" don't have a lot of representation in reality >

Almost time for the kids and grandpas smh >

I thought this was Peter Kay and Ross Kemp. >

That guy on the left doesn’t want to be there… >

Anybody else look at this picture and hear Beavis and Butt-Head laughing? >

Its not russia any more - its warsia !! >

Huge disparity population of women to men, gotta continue the cycle by Russian tradition I guess. >

A day before the Anniversary of the January 6th insurrection…
Totally unrelated. >

Eugenics Russian style. >

Oh shit they drafted Patton Oswald >

Message to Those people who engage in killing their fellow human beings: YOUR NOT going to get away with anything! Even if you think you have gotten away with it, God will deal with you at the appropriate time! You will pay one way or another! >

Russia plans new wave of mutilation from 6 January >

Hey, just like our own democrats did in 2021! >

Isn’t the Netherlands going to deport Russian draft dodgers because they claim Russia won’t mobilize them? >

Great - more fodder for the cannon. But then again a good Russian soldier is a dead Russian soldier.