Posted on 09/15/2022 10:13:51 AM PDT by billorites
Over the roughly two decades that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been in power, he's dedicated a lot of time and money to building up and modernizing Russia's military. In the process, Putin garnered a reputation as a force to be reckoned with and was widely viewed as one of the most powerful leaders in the world.
But the war in Ukraine has decimated the Russian military that Putin spent years building, while raising questions about his grip on power, Russia experts and military analysts told Insider.
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a strategic defeat. So far the Kremlin has not been able to achieve its strategic level objectives and it has incurred significant costs. Russia's military is going to have to be rebuilt," George Barros, a military analyst with the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), told Insider.
"The conventional ground army ground force that the Kremlin has spent the last two decades on creating — seeking to create a modern military — that force has been just largely degraded and in a large part destroyed in the past six months of war in Ukraine," Barros added. "It's very true to say that the conventional Russian ground force has taken a significant beating in Ukraine. It will have to be rebuilt."
Though it's difficult to confirm death tolls with the fighting ongoing, US military estimates last month put Russian casualties as high as 80,000. Among the dead have been senior officers, including generals.
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[Business Insider] == [doubtful]
Rumors circulating about assassination attempt on Putin today during motorcade in Moscow.
We won’t know the truth for a while.
We’ll know something if Russia stops the fight.
Hey. They gotta generate clicks😉
Zelensky was also involved in a vehicle accident. I think Law enforcement are still looking into the cause.
John Haltiwanger is your typical Business Insider clown.
Another one or was that yesterday?"
Zelensky was also involved in a vehicle accident. I think Law enforcement are still looking into the cause.
Putin is thiiisss close to having to surrender. Stay tuned. This time we mean it.
Trump is thiiisss close to going to jail. Stay tuned. This time we mean it.
The earth is thiiisss close to burning up. Stay tuned. This time we mean it.
Bingo. We may never know the truth.
Putin is at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, where he met Xi Jinping of China, which has been in all the headlines.
Everyone, please work a little bit harder to avoid propaganda and lies.
Nothing is more dangerous that a cornered wounded animal.
He’s paying the price for not purging “extremists” and replacing them with trans, HIV positive, AIDS patients and underweight pajama snowflakes, which every American knows is the recipe for military “diversity is our strength” superiority.
If you think the Russian army is stronger than the American army, you’re insane.
I’m really amazed at what a complete paper-tiger the vaulted Russian military has been against such a minor foe.
Did Russia kick its special forces operators to the curb for refusing vaccinations and pull range time in favor of pronoun usage training?
"In April 2011, Blodget sent out a notice inviting publicists to "contribute directly" to Business Insider.It's fake/controlled "news."As of September 2011, Business Insider allowed the use of anonymous sources "at any time for any reason", a practice which many media outlets prefer to avoid or at least indicate why a source is not identified.
In an interview with The Nation, two former CIA officers alleged that Axel Springer received $7 million from the CIA to support American geopolitical interests with his publishing house.
The Biden regime lies about everything. It's repeatedly been caught lying about this war. Yet, we people here willing to believe its propaganda and post their lies.
Logistics, maintenance, morale, combined arms, training, tactics, and supplies on hand.
The Russian military has failed in every one of these regardless of how this tragic and pointless conflict ends. Against a “near peer” foe any one of these would be a catastrophe. The fact that they are fighting a “much weaker” foe has camouflaged it.
Putin has already lost. He strengthened and grew NATO, weakened his own position, exposed his military as weak, and (perhaps most fateful) he harmed his oligarch allies.
It is a shame that the conversation about this has become such poison here on FR. It’s every bit as nasty as the Romney vs Obama days on these threads. Yes, the “globalist” are cheering for Ukraine and yes, Putin is an evil SOB. I suppose that is the big picture but the human costs are incalculable.
This war is a mess. It will cost our nation many more billions and our children are left with the bill. It is impacting the world economy. It is causing death and misery to Ukrainians and Russian families who have no say in the war. The death and misery could spread to Africa with famine when you combine the loss of Ukrainian wheat and the global fascists brigades war on fertilizer.
Another catastrophe that would not have occurred with Trump in office..... but here we are.
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