some countries go forwards, other backwards. Idiots cant tell the difference

Its been a year, at this rate my money is on the heat death of the universe before russia making it to Poland

one of my cats would see it as all prayers answered

once ruzzia is finished its time to reevaluate Turkey.

russia alone lost more troops in a year than all allies in korea, vietnam and the gulf.

the shit we send will get destroyed eventually, especially shit that goes to the front lines. our APCs, IFV, even MBTs will be lost en masse after they are sent, because they fight until they are destroyed.

Its not about getting through the gear we give, its making sure the toll on the ruzzians is way higher per lost piece of equipment, and in that regard, its working

the war is at an intensity we in the west are just no longer familiar with

yea my bad, did indeed use Ukrainian casualyies vs ruzzian KIA

either way, that just further points at the mismatch

the current trend is that russia gets worse trained and equipped troops while Ukraine gets better trained and equipped troops. I doubt the initially high losses on Ukraine's side where a lot of territorial defense units were holding back the 'best' russia had will be repeated.

Russia's best is long dead, while thousands of western trained troops flood to Ukraine's front lines. Add modern APCs, IFVs and now MBTs, the tech advantage is becoming extremely one sided. Dont forget, even now, Russia has more troops, arti, tanks etc than Ukraine, and the losses have been steadily decreasing in relation to russia's based of best guesses by unaffiliated sources

In 6 months to a year, itl be an Iraq style turkeyshoot.

Ukraine has lost around what russia has, very roughly. so 125k? they have millions of recruits. Last i heard they were still turning people down because they just arent able, even with western help, to train everyone that wants to fight.

Morale for the fight is still sky high in Ukraine. while they have overall less manpower, they wont run out for years yet. were talking several million people still willing but not able to get into uniform

bro, we DO have conventions against that sort of warcrime!

if were doing animal deliveries the Aussies really need to step it up..

on the other hand, would be nice if some part of the Eurasian continent remains habitable afterwards so maybe not

then there is the question of how effective russian AA is against Dropbears..

so like all but 1 major economies, all tech leaders, scientific powerhouses and democracies, 80% of military power.. the overwhelming source of international aid, then yes, THAT 10% of the population

if push comes to shove and secondary sanctions are on the table, its quite clear what direction most countries will choose to go. although that is unlikely given how hard russia is getting its shit pushed in already with the west and allies throwing reserve tech and chump change around

Bullshit, Lavrov is just thirsty

They should team up against russia... free realestate at this point. Grab some villages.. russia prob wont even notice given their border troops are in pieces in ukraine