re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

I doubt either side is bringing in enough personnel to replace their losses. There is plenty of information to indicate that’s the case.

One thing in Ukrsibs’s favor is that generally speaking it takes fewer people to defend than attack.

Of course in Russia’s favor we know that have more people to draw upon.

So we look to the battlefield to ascertain what is going on. Ukrsine is holding on, but there are cracks here and there. Russia gradually takes advantage of those cracks, but they can not make any really big gains.

How long csn this last? Many say no more than 6-12 months, but others go longer than that. Few have been correct so far.

Deathonomics

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Yea majority of them have been conscripts but their professional army units have suffered a lot of casualties as well

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Well technically they cant send conscripts to the front lines. So by official government counts they have used any conscripts at the front yet.

BUT what they are doing is conscripting people and then tricking them if not outright forcing them into signing contracts as front line soldiers right after basic training completes. So they "aren't using conscripts" technically even though they are relying on them in practicality.

Still, at least personnel wise you would rather be in Russia's position right now. They at least aren't outright conscripting people to go to the front (even if they are doing shady shite its hard to know exactly how widespread those practices are), and the average age of their troops is still lower than Ukraine's.

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Yea true and I guess another benefit the Russians have is that at least according to the latest troop positions if you are sent to the front you have a higher chance to be sent to a unit that has some professional soldiers in it. Unlike Ukraine were you might just be sent to a place with a bunch of guys that have only themselves been there a couple of days and have no real military training.

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It's literally the opposite. There are very few professional Russian soldiers remaining from 2022 in the entire nation. Meat wave after meat wave starting at Popasna enroute to take Bakhmut. Their initial wide scale invasion units were chopped up as they traveled along river roads by Ukrainians on high ground, then as they retreated. This isn't even counting the 40 mile long convoy on the only highway through a wide marsh which Ukrainian artillery already had zeroed in.

Russia has been filling its army with soldiers from poor isolated parts of the nation, such as Tuva, where widows get huge compensations after death in battle. The the equivalent of over $100,000 payment where $5,000 is a annual wage is quite attractive to the black widows.

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There are very few professional Russian soldiers remaining from 2022 in the entire nation.

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Yet they continue to advance. They continue to hold the initiative.

What is the game plan when these tarrifs/sanctions by Trump fail?

I don't believe he will follow through with 100% sanctions on China, India or Brazil. You know why? Trump knows they won't work.

Even if he did, does anyone really believe this.will cause China or India to cry uncle?

The leftist lunatic that runs Brazil is already pissed at Trump.

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Guess who is paying for that?


Russia

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From Russian With Love - Vlad "Remains a Master Strategist" -

$20 Billion Russian money

Plus €35 Billion Russian money

Plus $50 Billion Russian money.

And that's just last year.

Are you saying that the US hasn't been giving financial aid to run Ukraine's government, pay pensions or pay soldier salaries?

With all of that Russian money why do we need to send a dime over there?

Why has the new Ukrainian PM stated that she will be approaching the IMF and the US for loans to cover the next two years?

Why hasn't Ukraine started reimbursing us?

Cope and his propaganda. You are the Ukrainian JB.

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Ukraine is fricked if they can’t get recruits with that enticement

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Why should they when all they have to do is run to Germany or Poland and draw welfare benefits?

Germany has stated that there are 150,000 Ukrainian military aged men there sitting on their arse drawing welfare.

If the truth was known we are probably reimbursing Germany and Poland for that.

Speaking of tariffs not working -

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India Tells Oil Refiners to Draw Up Plans for Non-Russian Crude

A major buyer of Russian oil, India is now finding itself blindsided by a more aggressive approach to the Kremlin from both Washington and Brussels.

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India told its oil refiners to come up with plans for buying non-Russian crude, a scenario that would have far-reaching consequences for the global oil market if it ultimately meant reduced dealings with Moscow.

The government has asked state-owned processors to prepare an outline of where alternate barrels can be sourced and at what volume if Russian flows get stopped, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. One of the people said that the instruction amounted to scenario planning in case Russian crude were to become unavailable.

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The processors, who have become heavily dependent on cut-price Russian energy over the past few years, were already grappling with a proposed European Union ban on their exports of diesel made from Russian oil. With Washington now taking a harder line against the Kremlin too, the race to identify alternative sources of crude is gathering pace.

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“Finding a replacement of Russian crude on the global market would be difficult, given the large volumes, faster-than-expected declines in OPEC spare capacity, and differences in crude qualities,” Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts including Yulia Grigsby said in a note.

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Gee, you almost feel sorry for them. The Gulf suppliers are fixin to eat. These Indian refiners have been a pain for decades now and have bypaased everyone for the cheap Urals. So there will be little mercy and no credit.

By the way, Reliance is 49% owned by Rosneft, headed by none other than Igor Sechin. Yes, that Igor Sechin. Modi is now learning that the worst decision to make is no decision.

Bloomberg

Right. And you are still waiting on those Taurus missiles also aren't you?

Cope you can shite in one.hand and wish in the other. See which one fills up first.