• pingveno@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Badly mauled is a weird way to say 15% larger than before the war started

    Larger in soldiers, not in weaponry. And that was achieved through conscription, which means pulling young people in a rapidly aging society away from some of the most productive years of their lives. And of course many of those young people will sadly return to civilian life injured or not at all.

    We’ll see where things go now that Republicans have stopped blocking aid to Ukraine. Having the main supplier of military aid blocked blocked by legislative constipation does tend to make the front lines harder for Ukraine, yes.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Yes, larger in weaponry as well. It’s also completely false that Russian army is growing through conscription. Please don’t spread blatant misinformation here.

      We’ll see where things go now that Republicans have stopped blocking aid to Ukraine. Having the main supplier of military aid blocked blocked by legislative constipation does tend to make the front lines harder for Ukraine, yes.

      The circus with blocking the budget was just that. The real problem US has is that it lacks the industrial base to produce weapons at the necessary rate. Please educate yourself on the subject instead of regurgitating nonsense https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine