“Goliath has 3.5 times the population, about the same advantage in military aged males, far more GDP and PPP, far more manufacturing, far more native high tech and R&D.”
Russia buys cannon fodder from Nepal.
Russia rents cannon fodder from North Korea.
Russia gets weapons from ... Iran!
Russia recalls WWII tanks from Indonesia.
Russia has depleted there reserve fund to pay for the war.
Corrupt Putin and the oligarchs have robbed the economy getting rich on the backs of the working.
Russia gets the guns vs. butter concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_versus_butter_model
Russia is at 7.1% GDP for war.
Ukraine is at 34% for war!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures
Russia doesn’t even have a true compulsory service for this war. Those that are drafted aren’t set to Ukraine (as a rule - there are some exceptions).
Russia is relying mostly on paying out bonuses (contracts), calling up reserves, OR using troops from other nations.
Meanwhile, Ukraine gives us humorous TCC videos of young men trying to run for their lives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp26UsVbwtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXhC8WREVKM
But keep talking.
If you just believe in it enough, say it enough, it’ll make it true.
Ukraine:
https://www.newsflare.com/video/725934/man-flees-but-gets-detained-for-mobilization-while-walking-dog-in-volyn-ukraine (need sound on this one)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdnWpj3Zfag
I guess the Ukrainians didn’t get the memo from Lindsey Graham that they’re supposed to fight until the last man?
I’m not sure if these guys feel that Godly inspiration some talk about here?
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Russia PPP: 7.191 Trillion / Ukraine PPP: .7 Trillion (not sure if you saw the POINT before the 7 with Ukraine?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
Russia Population: 146 million / Ukraine population: 32.9 million
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population
Russia manufacturing base: 251 billion / Ukraine manufacturing base: 14.7 billion
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/manufacturing-by-country
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ranking/manufacturing-output
Russia number of military aged males: 21 million / Ukraine 7 million
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_global_manpower_fit_for_military_service
Russian state research / science and tech facilities: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Maltseva/publication/297567440/figure/fig1/AS:337655159115780@1457514671826/State-Research-Centers-of-the-Russian-Federation.png (This does not include private / corporate R&D) Ukraine has nothing even remotely comparable in size and capabilities.
Russian steel manufacturing: 70.7 million tons / Ukraine steel manufacturing 7.6 million tons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production
Russian electricity production 1,178 Terawatt / Ukraine electricity production 112 Terawatt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production
But sure, we have freedom, democracy, human rights, sovereignty and someone even mentioned God on our side. We can’t lose!
