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    6 months ago

    Larger… And significantly less experienced.

    Which is what happens when you throw your special forces into the meat grinder, to the point that they’ve set up a schismatic faction in Kharkiv and are doing nothing more than attempting to weather out the rest of the war unmolested.

    And the western production lines are finally starting to ramp up. Russia stands 0 chance against a fully mobilized western military industrial complex.

    And every day Ukraine holds out is another day that Europe gears up.

    Putin’s only hope is Trump.

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      6 months ago

      significantly less experienced

      Lmao, what experience do western troops have? Fighting poorly equipped insurgents, women and children?

      And every day Ukraine holds out is another day that Europe gears up.

      Comedic gold. Europe is facing massive de-industrialisation with severe contractions in manufacturing output and sluggish fundamentals. Compared to all the g7 countries, russia faced the highest gdp growth in recent years.

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          Given that the Russians have been fighting this war for 2 years now, their military is sufficiently experienced. Fighting in wars is what makes conscripts into veterans in the first place. Given that NATO troops lack any experience fighting harsh land wars, and the Ukrainians facing severe manpower issues, the Russian military is in a much better shape than its enemies. Russia also outproduces the west in artillery by many times. In simple terms, Ukraine is not going to win this war, short of a black swan event.

          If you lose 95% of your skilled veterans and all you have is green recruits your experience level goes down. Larger and greener.

          Yeah, Russia has lost of 95% of its skilled soldiers, just like how they don’t have rifles, running water, and their tanks are made of paper mache, right? Pure copium analysis. If the state of the Russian military and economy is really so shit, it is even more humiliating for the collective west that they are being massively outproduced. The US spends more on its military than the next few powers combined and still can’t beat Yemen or Russia.

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          If you lose 95% of your experienced veterans, then your military is shrinking far faster than you can replenish it. You’re imagining things in order to make the world for your required fantasy instead of dealing with reality.