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Putin's manpower problem: Russia 'is drafting in troops from Siberia and the Pacific as well as Syrians and mercenaries' in desperate attempt to get stalled Ukrainian invasion going after punishing losses
Daily Mail ^ | 3/16/2022 | Chris Pleasance

Posted on 03/16/2022 10:25:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

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To: lodi90

Putin has lost the momentum and initiative. It’s over.

All he can do is solidify his war criminal status by continuing to bomb civilians.


61 posted on 03/16/2022 12:21:44 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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To: tlozo

It will be one or more weeks before the Eastern forces arrive as their equipment will have to be loaded onto rail cars - if there are enough cars of the right sort.


62 posted on 03/16/2022 12:22:12 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: lodi90

Your post is not going to age well.

Believing western propaganda is hazardous to your mental health.


63 posted on 03/16/2022 12:23:03 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Boogieman

Putin Bots be like “Nuh uh... Putin always intended ..
***Oh, great. Now we’re gonna get the PootyPoot ~Qtard brigade... trust the plan....


64 posted on 03/16/2022 12:24:44 PM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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To: cgbg

How many Russian generals have gone home from Ukraine in bags? I forget. It’s up to 5 or 6 by now I think.

Time admit you were wrong. Russia is everything it claimed Ukraine was: corrupt and hollow. And the whole world can see it except for a few dead ender Putinists.


65 posted on 03/16/2022 12:27:58 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90

War is not a video game.

Stay tuned....


66 posted on 03/16/2022 12:28:52 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: PIF

There is video today of Russians withdrawing from occupied Georgia, too. Could get interesting there in the near future.


67 posted on 03/16/2022 12:29:29 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: faithhopecharity

ridiculous, deceptive reporting.
Russia has PLENTY of men it can send (if needed)

Russian Ground Forces only number 290,000 active troops. Naval forces are another 20,000. All other troops are ill-trained conscripts and would, like their predecessors, be slaughtered - something which would cause Putin trouble he does not need.


68 posted on 03/16/2022 12:30:19 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: marcusmaximus

The British propaganda is neck deep now.


69 posted on 03/16/2022 12:31:01 PM PDT by McGruff (It's America First, stupid.)
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To: cgbg

This isn’t war. It’s a holocaust. One nation trying to wipe another off the face of the earth. Only the mentally disturbed can’t see that.


70 posted on 03/16/2022 12:31:40 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: marcusmaximus

Maybe we should start our draft back up. For men AND women. I would love to see the expression on their faces.


71 posted on 03/16/2022 12:32:22 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: elpadre

” all they knew of America were movies depicting murder, rape and violence.”

Moving forward to 2022.....


72 posted on 03/16/2022 12:34:34 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: lodi90

Western propaganda is hazardous to your mental health.

They lie—don’t fall for it.


73 posted on 03/16/2022 12:34:44 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: SeekAndFind

But there are many here and elsewhere who are rootin for Putin. They see a Putin victory as a defeat for slow joe. And that is something I never believed I’d see. My mom and dad, for different reasons hated FDR, and I mean hated. But the idea that because he supported Churchill and Stalin against Hitler, that they would be happy with the Brits being run out of Greece and Libya or the Russians chased to the gates of Moscow, that idea was nuts. Not so today with Putin and Zelensky, especially at GP and Conservative Treehouse


74 posted on 03/16/2022 12:37:12 PM PDT by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: pierrem15

According to a story posted last week the Russians have very poor communications security; the old days of encrypted comms seems to have gone away and they, like the UA, are using cell phones or using their military radios in the clear.


75 posted on 03/16/2022 12:37:40 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Captain Compassion

Russian troops have a problem killing their Ukrainian brothers and sisters. Syrian and Chechen draftees would have no such problem.


Except other than catching some old granny and skinning her, they have little to no military training and would likely last as long as Russian conscripts.


76 posted on 03/16/2022 12:41:03 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Clutch Martin

there is zero credibility of any information coming out of the region

So all those images and videos of bombed out buildings, Russian corpses, destroyed military vehicles, etc have no credibility in your eyes? All part of some super fancy CGI on some Hollywood set?


77 posted on 03/16/2022 12:44:38 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: marcusmaximus

Hi.

Who to believe in reporting on this war?

The fog of war, lack of verification, propaganda, and special interests make the fog even thicker.

Between you and me, I hope Ivan gets his ass kicked.

Nothing personal Vlad.

5.56mm


78 posted on 03/16/2022 12:50:57 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: marcusmaximus

One guy gets the weapon and the guy behind him gets the rounds for it?


79 posted on 03/16/2022 1:02:49 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: SeekAndFind

Imagine the U. S. invading Mexico and having to call in
foreign nationals to help 50 days later...

Let that sink in.


80 posted on 03/16/2022 1:04:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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