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In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Forbes: Russia Lost Almost 90% Of Tanks In Ukraine 8 13.01.2024, 9:07 14,804 , Worldtraveler once upon a time wrote:
--- "Putin says the war might last 5 years. How could they last 5 years of they are almost out of tanks? Unless they aren't."

The David Axe article does not fully reflect the Ukrainian website, Militarny - Defense industry of Ukraine
But then again, he is "a journalist, author and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina."
The title of the thread does not reflect the Forbes title, which is: "Russia Might Be Running Out Of Tanks."
The Axe article begins with "Russia could run out of infantry fighting vehicles in two or three years, if a recent assessment is accurate.
So many wiggle words are in the article that this is opinion, not news. "If" and such. And one reads "...the Russian military would be down to just 368 tanks: far too few to defend against Ukraine's own armor corps, which between pre-war tanks, restored tanks and donated tanks—minus losses—might number around a thousand vehicles."
Note then that Axe tries to paint a picture in the above quote FROM THE ARTICLE that Ukraine "might" and "could" have as many a three times the armor in the war as the Russians.
If true -- there's that wiggle word -- then Ukraine has enough armor and the West can relax as to tanks and such....
Because "Russia could run out of infantry fighting vehicles in two or three years, if a recent assessment is accurate."
That's David Axe, reporting from South Carolina, so near to the battle front. < s a r c >
Therefore, "unless they aren't" is quite an adequate and sensible reflection of the Forbes opinion piece. Time will tell.
Thank you for noting the change to the title. Those posting threads on FR are not allowed to rename it whatever they wish. It's an accuracy objective to make FR searchable for articles of interest - and not come across the same stories alternatively named. I let admin know - hopefully they have time to correct the manipulation of the article title.
Excerpt from Wiki Re Axe's background -lefty media
Leaving the Free Times soon after, Axe continued to work in Iraq as a war correspondent for The Village Voice, The Washington Times, C-SPAN, BBC Radio, Popular Science, Fast Company, and Cosmopolitan.^[2

From World’s post 8:

>The David Axe article does not fully reflect the Ukrainian website, Militarny - Defense industry of Ukraine

But then again, he is “a journalist, author and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina.”

The title of the thread does not reflect the Forbes title, which is: “Russia Might Be Running Out Of Tanks.”<

Thanks for another insightful post, World.

Mommy said this in post 5: “I always post sold. It is the disrupters, detractors and Russian propagandists repeaters that overshadow a post.” (I think she meant “solid”.)

Your post is further proof that mommy is a propagandist who alters articles to favor the corrupt Ukrainian government to create an illusion of winning, thereby bolstering Zelensky’s chances of obtaining funding from other countries.

In post 92 ransomnote tells us: “Thank you for noting the change to the title. Those posting threads on FR are not allowed to rename it whatever they wish. It’s an accuracy objective to make FR searchable for articles of interest - and not come across the same stories alternatively named. I let admin know - hopefully they have time to correct the manipulation of the article title.”

I’m curious to see if and when the title is ever corrected. It seems that not all of us have to play by the rules.