True. Might be tricky for Russia to abandon that much equipment when they run away next time.
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Something tells me this will be over sooner than many think.
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question: they can scrape up conscripts from anywhere, and they do, like jails, BUT...
WHERE do they find the required medical personnel to minister to said conscripts?
strip them from hospitals???
a couple weeks learning to plug holes wi tampex isn’t going to help a sucking chest wound...
just sayin
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Russia does not use the human wave idea; hohos do use that and it hasn’t worked out well for them.
I joined FR a long time ago and admittedly took months/years off at a time when I was overseas, etc., but has their even been a greater civil war/more toxic dynamic here than the Ukraine/Russia war?
I lost track, is Ukraine beating them back and winning or is Russia’s offensive overpowering Ukraine.