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Putin orders troop replenishment in face of Ukraine losses
Associated Press ^ | August 24, 2022 | DEREK GATOPOULOS and HANNA ARHIROVA

Posted on 08/25/2022 6:21:24 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a major buildup of his country’s military forces Thursday in an apparent effort to replenish troops that have suffered heavy losses in six months of bloody warfare and prepare for a long, grinding fight ahead in Ukraine.

The move to increase the number of troops by 137,000, or 13%, to 1.15 million by the end of the year came amid chilling developments on the ground in Ukraine.

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Putin’s decree did not specify whether the expansion would be accomplished by widening the draft, recruiting more volunteers, or both. But some Russian military analysts predicted heavier reliance on volunteers because of the Kremlin’s concerns about a potential domestic backlash from an expanded draft.

The move will boost Russia’s armed forces overall to 2.04 million, including the 1.15 million troops.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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To: BobL

Hold kiev? So if they go after kiev again will u promise it isnt a feint when they get their ass kicked again?


41 posted on 08/25/2022 7:06:38 PM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: FreshPrince

“Hold kiev? So if they go after kiev again will u promise it isnt a feint when they get their ass kicked again?”

No need for a feint this time, and it won’t be 30,000 troops.


42 posted on 08/25/2022 7:08:49 PM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: kiryandil

Yup, you’ve lost the argument. Your Russian handlers will be disappointed in your performance, and will want a refund. They’ll insist on dollars, not rubles.


43 posted on 08/25/2022 7:10:12 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: BobL
Did you notice that the HIMARS terror weapons seem to have disappeared this week?

Maybe the ammo shortages have already kicked in.

Well, I'm sure the US military-industrial complex will be able to restock them by the end of 2023...

44 posted on 08/25/2022 7:14:46 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

“Did you notice that the HIMARS terror weapons seem to have disappeared this week?

Maybe the ammo shortages have already kicked in.

Well, I’m sure the US military-industrial complex will be able to restock them by the end of 2023...”

Yep, they were good weapons until Ukraine likely sold the Russians one of the systems. So, yea, now it looks as though the Russians have tuned their defenses. Now I guess we’ll have to spend another $10B to come up with a new system that we’ll try to have available for combat BEFORE giving it to one of the most corrupt countries in world, to hand over to Russia (and China, for that matter), a copy of it. By the way, this is a PRIME reason not get involved in conflicts where vital interests aren’t at stake.

As far as ammo, the Russians are starting (finally) to strike deeper into Ukraine on a regular basis, so getting weapons forward has become a bit more ‘sporty’. Not too mention that half of our stockpile is now gone.

As far as restocking, figure 2024 at best, as the US requires minority content, woke training, and God knows what else, and that’s just to be considered for bidding. Then you have new regulations, such as the conveyance vehicles now having to be electric, rather than diesel, and so you have development time for that. Given that, maybe 2025, if we’re lucky.


45 posted on 08/25/2022 7:27:10 PM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: BobL
Then you have new regulations, such as the conveyance vehicles now having to be electric, rather than diesel,

They could design the batteries to be dual-use, with a chassis -mounted trebuchet to fling the outdated batteries when they give up the ghost after hard field use.

46 posted on 08/25/2022 7:30:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

Yeah, listening to western media the Ukies keep advancing ( backwards) and the Russians keep retreating (forward).

Matters little that the West is only 20 percent of the world’s population,and the other 80 percent news agencies report an entirely different story.

Didn’t anyone here in America heed Trumps warning about our corrupted media?


47 posted on 08/25/2022 7:37:54 PM PDT by delta7
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To: kiryandil

We should start a pool on which city falls first, Odessa, Kharkiv, or Kiev.

My money is on Odessa.


48 posted on 08/25/2022 7:38:24 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: mac_truck
I'll put my money on Odessa, too.

Kharkiv [Kharkov] next, in a leisurely surround, then Kiev after the military guys hook up Saint Zel with a meathook for getting all their friends killed.

49 posted on 08/25/2022 7:47:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: delta7
Didn’t anyone here in America heed Trumps warning about our corrupted media?

Trump is America's Luminol, for those that wish to see.

50 posted on 08/25/2022 7:48:00 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Timber Rattler

Next year in Berlin. What is the answer to that in Europe? Aside islamic migrants, who can they find as volunteers?


51 posted on 08/25/2022 7:48:22 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: kiryandil

Can’t have a pool if everyone bets on the same thing! 😨😨😨


52 posted on 08/25/2022 7:49:26 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: mac_truck

OK, Nikolaev or Bakhmut first?


53 posted on 08/25/2022 7:50:21 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

Nikolaev would be my guess, as part of the overall southern offensive.


54 posted on 08/25/2022 7:54:59 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: Timber Rattler

More FSB (KGB) thinking they know how a military functions.

Comparably, what if the Justice Department was put in charge of the Pentagon, and ordered to invade Canada? Next month.


55 posted on 08/25/2022 8:01:57 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: Timber Rattler

I think that ZZpeedyInTexaZZ and the PIFster got BUSY and had a love child named Timber Rattler. You are like a distilled version of their brand of whackadoo. Hat tip: you probably inherited both of their genetic mutations.


57 posted on 08/25/2022 8:12:52 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Timber Rattler

‘Russia’s Destruction of the Ukraine Military’
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/08/19/russias-destruction-of-the-ukraine-military/

‘Discussing Ukraine’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD44Eb1xDhE

‘Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated’
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng

‘Ukraine Previously Cited High Casualty Rates - It Is Now Lowballing Those Numbers’
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/ukraine-previously-cited-high-casualty-rates-now-it-is-now-lowballing-its-numbers.html#more


58 posted on 08/25/2022 8:21:34 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Timber Rattler

There is propaganda on both sides but you would have to be an idiot to assert that Putin’s war is going well for him. There was no difficulty in predicting how this would go for him, none. Just read a little history. Time is not on Putin’s side and in a war of aggression it must be if you seek victory.


59 posted on 08/25/2022 8:32:28 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: BobL

You win your Red Star sticker for the day. But this one comes with a Putin sploosh wreath. Congratulations.


60 posted on 08/25/2022 8:35:26 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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