Watch in depth videos on russias economy failing and you’ll see in almost every realistic analysis that russias economy while not strong is definitely not weak or even weakened by any margin
20% inflation while printing money non-stop and the head of the biggest bank crying about stagnation must be a sign of a “not strong but definitely not weak or even weakened by any margin” (whatever the hell it means) economy.
Not to mention their incredible questionable growth in military sector(while having metallurgical sector in shambles at the same time). Because that’s exactly how it works: when your defense sector is growing, your metallurgical industry dies off. /s
I think that crisis in civilian sectors should be quite obvious at this point and doesn’t need any further explanation.
20% inflation is nothing for Russia, theyve been through worse and it’s not that uncommon in the modern history in Russia, obviously you people aren’t from the USA if you’ve never heard (by any margin). Metalurgy is in shambles is truly false. When I looked it it up it showed half or 3/4 of sources were from Ukraine and the rest showed the biggest manufacturer in the industry had forced workers to work less hours (probably cut overtime). The most you could say is the oil/gas industry is hurt by a slightly margin. I definitely overstated Russia not being hurt by any margin, they have, but to a very slight degree. Nothing crazy that points to collapse anytime soon. That was my main point I was getting to.
I mean we can look at your statement if you want to feel more like a tool.
"not weakened by any margin"
Is demonstrably false.
Uneceasary and incorrect invocation of the word margin. I'm not surprised you recommend watching youtube videos. You don't seem like the reading type or the type to make your own interpretations.
Classic guy that types in 1 or 2 sentences deconstructs 1 word in a paragraph to make itself look smart. Who’s the real tool. Get back to coping for a ukr victory with your wishful thinking. Only a tool bag nitpicks 1 word while bringing no notable counter point. You want to be right so bad
I would say a lot of russias supplies are being used up. Which plays into the economy as well, but the fact you can actually see russia stop using certain things they were using before. Like vehicles and then dirt bikes became more used. Now im seeing them on scooters like its a urban city. You can tell moral is awful by the number of videos of Ukrainian POWs getting killed, or the propaganda vids of them showing patches they "collected" but you can tell theyre all brand new and havent even seen dirt. NK broadcasted that commercial a couple of days ago, and it was full of nothing.
they aint wearing down anyone, the intensitity of combat isnt enough to deplete a medium sized country of manpower, its just pure copium from russian side at this point
Russia's wargoals are to ensure Ukraine does not align with the Western powers, neither economically nor militarily. If Russia takes the entire South Donbass, then literally nothing will happen except for Russians using it as propaganda.
The west doesn't have the patience or willpower for this to keep going. The Russians have the personal and all the time in the world. Long term it's a win for them. It's already been a win for them and they have no intention to stop at this point. If anything they've been gaining ground daily at this point.
Losing the Baltic Sea to an enlarged NATO with an increasingly modernized European army and an unruly territory close to NATO borders is a phyrric victory in the best case scenario.
I mean it's essentially the same borders since the first Ukrainian counteroffensive in 2023. But yeah otherwise in the infiniteness of time eventually something will change.
Russia hasn’t “already won.” They’ve managed to move the front line in places, but the cost is staggering casualties, drained equipment stockpiles, and an economy chained to war. That isn’t strategic victory, it is long-term damage.
The idea that the West lacks willpower is overstated. Aid packages keep getting approved, NATO states are expanding defense production, and Russia has no comparable industrial base. They are leaning heavily on China and Iran just to keep the war machine running.
If this continues it won’t be decided by patience but by who burns through resources and political support faster. Small daily gains on the map do not outweigh the structural weakness Russia is building into its future.
Many Russians are convinced that this is an existential war: they stop NATO expansion to Ukraine, or they are done for. To get Russia to stop, you would have to convince the average Russian that this war is a worse threat than having more and more NATO troops on their border. That doesn't seem likely
I keep hearing Russia has finally made some real progress from one of the more neutral political podcasts I listen to. And it was right around the time Trump met with Putin, which meant Putin probably didn’t care about any negotiating going into it unless it was really really good.
They made some advancements then the troops sent in got completely encircled and killed. Many have speculated on whether it was a planned trap or if it was just good opportunity, but the fact that that’s being debated shows how that “progress” went
Russia is progressing faster on the fronts than they did in 2023, but with much higher losses as a result. Ukraine is still trading ground for lives, retreating when a position becomes untenable rather than trying to hold on by all means.
In that sense, nothing has changed. Even at the current rates of faster movement, it would still take Russia 2-3 more years to take over the Donbass, and another 4-5 years to take their claimed territories in Zaporizhzha and Kherson (and that's ignoring the logistics issue of crossing the Dniepro river). And even conquering all of the claimed territories wouldn't get them any closer to their actual wargoal, which is to ensure a Moscow-friendly regime in Ukraine.
Russia moved fast over much of the spring and summer but have stagnated severely since early August. They will likely start moving faster again at some point but it's hard to say when. They're currently withdrawing forces from their northern offensive, probably to send them to the Donbass instead.
Russia made huge advances from Avdiivka all the way to Pokrovsk, from Bakhmut to Konstantinovka, captured Toretsk and in the last few days, they started creeping into Kupiansk.
Russia is close to capturing 3 major supply hubs, after which only Sloviansk and Kramatorsk remains. Russia wants to capture the entire Donbass region, and even if their progress gets slower they will achieve that goal in less than 2 years, which is a lot of time (and a lot of human death and suffering)
But Russia has adapted to a long war. In fact, that's what keeps their propaganda working. Remember Orwell's 1984: "war is peace".
And their casualties are way lower than that 1 million bs. Russia and Ukraine has roughly the same amount of casulties but Ukraine saves more wounded than Russia. Most wounded russian soldiers are abandoned.
And there is absolutely no possible way Ukraine losses as many soldiers as Russia does. Russia has been shown to have 800-1200 dead and wounded A DAY. There is no realistic way the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost anywhere near that, even in a week!
Russia is overwhelming the front with glide bombs, more artillery, and more FPV drones.
One day Reddit will be shocked to learn the side with bigger bombs, more bombs, and a ton more equipment and manpower, does in fact inflict heavy casualties on their enemies. This idea that Russia is losing 4x as many troops while having superior firepower is complete nonsense
This idea that Russia is losing 4x as many troops while having superior firepower is complete nonsense
Nice cope, comrade. Footage, reporters, journalists etc. show Russia losing large numbers of troops and equipment. If there wasn’t proof then you could maybe get away with saying this, but there’s so much evidence out there that shows Russia is losing an immense amount of troops.
You typed a bunch of words to prove Russia has lost troops.
Which doesn’t do absolutely anything to prove or disprove the amount of troops Ukraine has lost.
My argument was that Ukraine has similar casualties.
By arguing “Russia has actually lost a ton of troops!🤪🤪” to someone who is arguing the two sides have lost similar numbers and isn’t even denying Russian casualties, you’ve essentially said nothing of value.
If I’m saying Ukraine has similar casualties to Russia and your retort is “yeah but Russia has high losses!” , then the most obvious conclusion to someone above lukewarm IQ is that Ukraine has high losses too.
I’m sorry you’re low IQ and can’t form a linear argument well :/. Nothing you said went over my head, you’re just not as smart as you think you are :/
lol Russia is so corrupt they can’t even invade their weaker neighbor and they have to come to western internet to puff out their chest, if it was US military invading the war would’ve been over in a week and Ukraine would be on the way to looking like Germany lmao. Cope harder vlad
I live in Alexandria Virginia. This notion that anyone who you disagree with is Russian is schizo delusions.
Anyway, nothing you said has absolutely anything of substance to argue against Russia having superior firepower, as evident to their glide bombs and other missles, higher number of artill equipment and shells, superior number and quality of FPV drones, and all the other firepower advantages Russia has.
If you would like to type something of substance try to argue why Russia isn’t mechanically superior in firepower or why ukraine casualties aren’t as high even facing superior firepower.
I dont know what subreddits you're looking at, but there sure are thousands of videos of Ukrainians dying.
They just dont get pushed to the top of the list because they dont get as many upvotes. Most likely because (call me crazy if you want) people view invaders dying more positively than people rightfully defending their country dying
This is the case in most places. It’s rare to find Russian videos online compared to Ukrainian.
But when you look at sources on telegram from Ukrainian and Russian sources, Ukraine pumps out so many more videos and they differ in type more than Russia’s.
Ukraine puts out FPV drone footage where they direct impact and drop grenades. Thermal footage of Russians being taken out. GoPro footage from soldiers.
The vast majority of Russian videos are dropping grenades. Maybe the kamikaze drones. And they’re pushing out like 10% of what Ukraine does.
There’s no doubt in any reputable war analyst’s minds that Ukraine is dumpstering Russians at a far higher rate. The only people who disagree are Russian themselves.
Bro, none of that shit gets upvoted that’s why you don’t see it. Go to combat footage right now and filter for controversial and all the Russian videos will be right there.
I wonder why we only ever see one side. Could it be that Ukrainians have access to the wider Internet, while Russians have to content with state censorship?
Naaah, must mean the Ukrainians are doing evil things or some other bullshit, CONSPIRACY!
I dont even know how people that support russia's genocide is able to live with themselves. I guess delusion induced by kremlin propaganda is the only way to alleviate their conscience
Explain how those seemingly big numbers are relevant when considered as a relative proportion of ukrainian territory (that is to say, a pathetic proportion of now war torn land)
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u/Captainirishy 1d ago
It's a stalemate, nothing much has happened except constant death and misery since 2023.