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Joealb123 t1_iyeai65 wrote

So the new conscripts can die in the mud in March.

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kevikevkev t1_iyfb6ov wrote

You mean January, given training isn’t gonna last more than a couple days.

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Chao_Zu_Kang t1_iyegs97 wrote

Modern military strategy: Send tactical strikes and focus on disrupting the enemy for maximal efficiency.

Russian military strategy: Throw people and rockets at the enemy and hope that the enemy forfeits before you run out of things to throw.

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oDDmON t1_iyeg3hb wrote

Next wave? They were calling up prisoners last time, who’s left?

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-PM_Me_Dat_Ass_Girl- t1_iyemncy wrote

At this rate, they're not going to have any citizens left to mobilize in a couple years.

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aaden08 t1_iyf4ox0 wrote

Look at World War 2 numbers. Their strategy has always been to outlast by sending wave after wave. They lost more than a million men in the battle of Stalingrad alone within a 6 month period.

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-PM_Me_Dat_Ass_Girl- t1_iyf5fd5 wrote

Russian citizens were motivated to fight in WW2. It was existential.

I get the impression the current demographic really doesn't have much desire to die in Ukraine for an absolutely pointless cause.

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aaden08 t1_iyf8q1e wrote

True but they're threatening them if they don't. They still seem to be fighting since it's a stalemate at the moment. Ukraine needs longer ranged missiles to keep pushing. Putin's just going to keep targeting energy infrastructure to draw this war out.

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tallandlanky t1_iyeis5s wrote

Damn. That first batch got smoked real quick.

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Frederick_Freeze t1_iyewm8l wrote

No, it’s just that more people are needed to go on the attack than Ukraine has, according to various estimates, at least 1-1.5 million. But at the same time, only 150-200 thousand can be trained, so mobilization takes place in waves. But the losses are really high

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Sufficient-Ostrich27 t1_iyezfjo wrote

Russia/ Soviet Union lost 11 000 000 soldiers in ww2 so they have plenty of cannonfodder left to throw in. Leaders dont respect life of their own people and won't stop after losing million or two million soldiers.

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