Posted on 09/24/2022 7:56:10 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Vladimir Putin can call up all the troops he wants, but Russia has no way of getting those new troops the training and weapons they need to fight in Ukraine any time soon.
With his invasion of Ukraine faltering badly, the Russian President on Wednesday announced the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Russian television that the country will call up 300,000 reservists.
If they end up facing Ukrainian guns on the front lines, they are likely to become the newest casualties in the invasion Putin started more than seven months ago and that has seen the Russian military fail at almost every aspect of modern war.
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The Clinton “News” Network?!?🙄
As soon as they are issued weapons, they will open fire on their officers.....if any officers are left.
Soviet military strategy rarely relied on the welfare of their troops. If they have more men than the Ukrainians can put bullets into, they win. Putin may not know how many soldiers it will take, but he does know how many he could use.
“Why do they expect anyone to pay for this dreck?”
I’m through debating the Neocons regarding who’s going to win this war (assuming that the Neocons don’t go nuclear).
Sure, this propaganda will get help them and their friends more money, which like prior wars since WW2, seems to be their goal.
In any case, the Neocons will have to be taught another lesson...since they never seem to learn from previous lessons (such as Syria and Egypt).
Yeah, I think Russian recruits will be in training October and deployed Nov. Who knows how this war will end, but one thing is for certain, hundreds of thousands have died for a meaningless war.
Not quite so. Russia has substantial forces near Ukrainian border that were being reorganized and retrained all along. These forces can be used at any moment and the newly mobilized can replace them as the reserve.
In fact, it seems likely that this is already happening — there were a couple of Telegram reports about Russia going on counter-offensive near Liman, this would mean fresh forces arrived.
This is CNN!
When properly motivated and led Slavs are excellent fighters. When not they are very poor. Advantage Ukraine.
Presuming Putin survives the casualties of this war will easily be in the millions.
All men are excellent fighters. It is about officer corps and existed leadership and training.
Aren’t Ukrainians Slavs as well?
I do believe this will draw us into it, because of the psychos in charge.
Perhaps and I understand propaganda but the video of Ukrainian soldiers they look pretty geared up
This guy gives what appars to be a grown up and fairer assessment of what is going on. It doesn’t have the soap opera quality that CNN and Daily Mail spew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3-Yv-Y-kR0&t=901s
> When properly motivated and led Slavs are excellent fighters. <
That’s a good point. The Soviets were poorly led when Nazi Germany first invaded. And so they lost battle after battle. Then Georgy Zhukov appeared on the scene.
Putin might find himself another Zhukov. But he’s gonna have trouble with the motivation part.
They should arrive to the front late November. They will have to deal with the freeze that comes after October rains. Just in time for onset of winter. As Hitler and Napoleon found out, Russia sucks in the winter.
Don’t need to train or support them when you have nukes CNN.
The draftees will not be used in battle, but will take the places of previously trained Russian soldiers say along the Finnish border and in Siberia.
One thing i have noticed about about western-state-corporate media propaganda on this war (and which is further simplified and amplified by certain FR posters) they are all very reactionary and reductionist - their comments and propaganda are only in reaction to events and then in the most simple of ways.
Russia starts SCO and invades Ukraine - Ha! But they didn’t take Snake Island!
Russia asserts air dominance over Ukraine - But the ghost of Kiev is out there kicking ass!
Russia advances to Kiev and then withdraws - HA! Russia couldn’t take Kiev!
Russia calls up 300K reservists - Yes, but they are all fat and have no weapons!
I feel like we are back in primary school.
Russia lived by the Winter
and may die by the Winter.
Napoleon and Adolf found out the hard way.
The leadership is not the same as n WWII. Russia has already spent its wad on their class A troops and heavy weapons. Unlike Stalin, Putin has no lend lease from the USA and England nor has he the political propaganda to deprive the Nazis out of the fatherland. This is Russians being the invaders and committing war crimes.
He’s painted himself into a corner. The public has discovered they are now in their own Vietnam on the border Russia started.
“This guy gives what appars to be a grown up and fairer assessment of what is going on.”
The guy is SUPER-SHARP, I’ve watched him before.
750k lives? More than that if Putin unleashes nukes. When that happens, all bets are off. It all depends on the breaks.
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