Anyone interested can pull up the Reality. Ukrainian General Biletsky in his recent interview has stated losses are extremely high, arms and ammunition is running out….contrary to the western MSM narrative.
His admission also highlights Russia’s huge manufacturing base, the Russian army suffers no such shortages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SWlybXtJfo
“ Front-line situation is dire: high casualties and unsustainably high desertion rates.
Gen. Cerski (noted Sept 8) acknowledged Ukraine faces roughly a threefold disadvantage in forces/resources in key sectors.
Ukraine struggles to man the front — manpower is in “terminal decline” while Russia is reportedly achieving net monthly gains.
Leaders are pinning hopes on technological fixes (UAVs, ground robots, drones) to substitute for missing personnel.
The speaker argues quantity matters: even if Ukraine narrows some technological gaps, Russia’s greater production capacity and redundancy make it hard to match at scale.
Innovations escalate quickly on both sides; any tactical advantage is rapidly mirrored, so sustained technological superiority is unlikely.
Continued Western funding and weapons shipments may keep Ukraine fighting, but relying on a late “miracle” weapon is unrealistic.
The speaker labels current Western/European policies immoral because they willingly sacrifice Ukrainian manpower on the slim hope of a turnaround.
One-sentence takeaway: The front-line reality — severe manpower shortfalls, steady Russian gains, and only marginal technological offsets — makes a decisive Ukrainian recovery unlikely without unsustainable external miracles, making continued policies that rely on such miracles morally questionable.”
How many of them have working weapons?
With that number, he should be able to just roll across Ukraine, but he is not.
Ukraine’s war of attrition of oil infrastructure and radar installations has being effective.
I think the long game is the break up of Russia. I suspect the folks in the east are very unhappy with this incursion that is bleeding them dry of men and other resources. I could see at least three new countries emerging from the remnants with other smaller entities declaring independence.
I am surprised Putin has lasted this long, but it shows the stronghold their system has on the people and those moving up the leadership chain.
This would mean they are very vulnerable in the east. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
Maybe we should use the excess illegal immigrants to capture Kamchatka. And Japan could regain Sakhalin Island. China could use some extra resources.
Luckily for Russia it’s paranoia is just for show in the West where it is using it as an excuse for opportunistic landgrabbing. It need not worry about anyone save possibly China coveting the east.
700,000 men of ability not contributing to the Russian Economy outside of increasing debt through govt spending.
Napolean had same problem, except he conquered and pillaged wealth.
Russia has a lot of troops. How many in the Ukraine army?
Approximately 2,389,130 personnel
As of September 16, 2024, Russia has approximately 2,389,130 personnel in total, which includes 1,500,000 military personnel. Estimates of active military personnel vary, with figures around 1.328 million to 1.32 million. Additionally, Russia aims to expand its armed forces to 1.5 million by 2026.
This might lead Trump to believe Putin doesn’t want peace.
700,000 Russians living rent free in the head of spam-us-maximus.